Why do I have the feeling that all this optimism is going to spiral down into the abyss at Fehr's next press conference?
- stinger67

becasue he is negotiating and will not come out and say the offer is super duper awesome even if he thinks it is.


kinda like when you bought your car and you didn't do flips in the store when the dealer told you the price.


kinda like when you're house shopping you don't walk through the house telling the owner how idyllic your life would be in that house but rather pointing out the one door that squeaks a bit.


kinda like when you like a girl but you feel you should wait a few days before calling her so you don't look like a loser.


like many things really.

Why do I have the feeling that all this optimism is going to spiral down into the abyss at Fehr's next press conference?
- stinger67

Fehr will counter with a proposal like this: Year 1: 56%, year 2: 54%, Year 3: 53%, year 4-5-6: 52%. The players don't want to give away the first year and want their share to go down as the league revenues go up.

becasue he is negotiating and will not come out and say the offer is super duper awesome even if he thinks it is.


kinda like when you bought your car and you didn't do flips in the store when the dealer told you the price.


kinda like when you're house shopping you don't walk through the house telling the owner how idyllic your life would be in that house but rather pointing out the one door that squeaks a bit.


kinda like when you like a girl but you feel you should wait a few days before calling her so you don't look like a loser.


like many things really.
- dt99999

no wonder why I'm poor and still single

no wonder why I'm poor and still single
- stinger67

no, that is more due to the uncontrollable rash on your penis.



I'm sorry you had to find out this way.

no wonder why I'm poor and still single
- stinger67

but at least you don't have to beg your in-laws to get a fridge for your garage.

Fehr will counter with a proposal like this: Year 1: 56%, year 2: 54%, Year 3: 53%, year 4-5-6: 52%. The players don't want to give away the first year and want their share to go down as the league revenues go up.
- Symba007

I hope at least they negotiate based on this offer this time, instead of "presenting their own view" with a totally different proposal.

no wonder why I'm poor and still single
- stinger67

I don't think any of that has anything to do with you being ugly.

but at least you don't have to beg your in-laws to get a fridge for your garage.
- Symba007

At least you have a garage

I hope at least they negotiate based on this offer this time, instead of "presenting their own view" with a totally different proposal.
- stinger67

I assume they will comebak with an hybrid between the players original proposal and the new proposal from the owner.

At least you have a garage
- BashCH

I don't

I don't
- Symba007

well you have AIDS, that should count for something.

well you have AIDS, that should count for something.
- dt99999

I know. You only venture in for Flyer fans. I get it.

Anti-semite.
- hscesq

Good morning gents.

well you have AIDS, that should count for something.
- dt99999

at least it's not pAIDS

I assume they will comebak with an hybrid between the players original proposal and the new proposal from the owner.
- Symba007

hopefully it doesn't take them 3 weeks to put that together

at least it's not pAIDS
- Symba007

The sudden silence leads me to believe it may in fact be pAIDS but nobody wants to say it.

The sudden silence leads me to believe it may in fact be pAIDS but nobody wants to say it.
- Pie

there was a bit of awkwardness there definitely....

there was a bit of awkwardness there definitely....
- dt99999

Got me all a tingle

The sudden silence leads me to believe it may in fact be pAIDS but nobody wants to say it.
- Pie

Fehr will counter with a proposal like this: Year 1: 56%, year 2: 54%, Year 3: 53%, year 4-5-6: 52%. The players don't want to give away the first year and want their share to go down as the league revenues go up.
- Symba007

That was their first offer, in a nutshell. The league doesn't want that.

well you have AIDS, that should count for something.
- dt99999

hey, the bright side.

Well at least you didn't (hopefully) commit a lot of time to that game.
- RENATO6

i was actually gonna try to leave work at 4 and go to the Cage down the street to watch but thankfully i got held up.

Why do I have the feeling that all this optimism is going to spiral down into the abyss at Fehr's next press conference?
- stinger67

lol

I hope at least they negotiate based on this offer this time, instead of "presenting their own view" with a totally different proposal.
- stinger67

i'm sure they will. their "new concept" offer was in response to the NHL's equally ludicrous first "offer".