Did they say a 25 year lease? Lol

Wish the company I worked for proposed an offer of splitting revenue. Why should the Owners have to split, they have all the risk when purchasing the organization.

The employer can always find new employees, not sure it necessarily works the other way around everytime.

 

Originally Posted by Hecklerz

Wish the company I worked for proposed an offer of splitting revenue. Why should the Owners have to split, they have all the risk when purchasing the organization.

The employer can always find new employees, not sure it necessarily works the other way around everytime.

Those Russian Billionaires will pay good money for NHLers if they know they are going to stay even when the NHL comes back. Radulov makes 9.2 million a year over there. it will be a bidding war for guys like Kovalchuk, Ovechkin, Malkin, and Datsyuk.

 

Originally Posted by JRoth15

lol the DiPietro contract was the first thing I thought of when hearing the NYI stuff.

nice

hopefully they add some kind of amnesty clause into the CBA like the NBA did so they can cut ricky.

 

Originally Posted by smheilbron

and FTR, the dipietro contract was a steal when they first signed it. didnt turn out too well though

no doubt...if he would have stayed healthy, it definitely would have been a steal.

just can't take chances with contracts THAT long tho...kinda like ARod's deal.

Don Cherry said that the season will be lost. I won't miss hockey until NFL is over, then there will be nothing to watch except NBA and Baseball.

 

Originally Posted by TMLMS13

Those Russian Billionaires will pay good money for NHLers if they know they are going to stay even when the NHL comes back. Radulov makes 9.2 million a year over there. it will be a bidding war for guys like Kovalchuk, Ovechkin, Malkin, and Datsyuk.

Yes, the Owners in the KHL play for keeps when it comes to contracts of premiere players. If our guys choose to play overseas, so be it. Enjoy your time across the pond. I'm sure there is talent developing in the AHL/OHL/ECHL, etc that will be happy to play in the NHL.

On a side note, it doesn't hurt my feelings/bother me for a second that they are threatening the cancellation of the WC. Not sure what is taking them so long to cancel the entire season. Oh yeah, money.

Seriously how does Gary Bettman still have a job? He bitches and moans about owners and the league losing money and 3 work stoppages. They finally get a day which is pretty much hockey's Super Bowl where everyone is talking about the sport and you fuck that up too? Can you imagine the atmosphere of 111000 fans ? You get a network to give you a billion dollars and you fuck that up too? I can't believe there going to cancel another season..

Ya I agree afink I cant believe Bettman and the owners would screw up all the progress the league has made plus all the future progress this year. Maybe this time the owners really plan on breaking the players . Theres no doubt the players have to break after a year and a half to two years. I dont see how this can even benefit the owners now unless they completely break the players. I never believed there would be a stoppage this year with how the league was rolling plus I know the players want a deal. I really dont get all the people supporting the owners . I understand the players are doing great and way better than the average joe but does that mean they should let the league take back everything they ever gave them plus the contracts they signed just because their doing good and ofcourse the players are going to lose money over this lock out. Dont you always lose money in a work stoppage that lasts a long time no matter what job it is. When a player holds out on a contract he signed becauses he thinks he worth more now---the fans say you signed it you stick to it. Now the owners want a big chunk back from the contracts they were throwing around right before the lock out and everyone says take the cut players .

I feel bad for the guys who dont make huge money. There are guys that dont make huge money and are not going to have long careers.

Meeting for four straight days. Normally that would be a good sign. But we are talking about Bettman and Fehr. So I expect nothing.. Suppose they get this settled and they say lets start the season Nov 27 or something.. Cancelling the Classic looks pretty stupid. Just like every part of this lockout.

bettman+fehr=death of NHL

#1 person to blame is the fucking lawyers for both sides too. Longer they have to work things out the longer they get paid. Every offer the lawyers must be "thats a shitty offer! let me write a equal shitty one to give the illusion I give a fuck if you ever reach a agreement".

2005 lockout was painful cause I was a season ticket holder. It hard for me to say I could care less but damn I'm pretty close to it.

gee no lawyers and they make progress....strange

haven't seen any breaking major updates on anyone's twitter accounts. i know they left Fehr and Bettman out of the evening portion of the discussions. can't believe it took them that long to figure out how effective that could be.