The KHL are paying players more than they could make in the NHL.
- yttrohs

Let them all go to the KHL.

The KHL are paying players more than they could make in the NHL.
- yttrohs

No way.

http://ca.sports.yahoo.co...itals-160501841--nhl.html

The KHL had to break their own rules to get Ov in.
Even Ov wants to come back to the NHL asap. He knows what's best.

Reggie at almost a million dollars a point will be bought out soon

The owners are using your emotions against you, Mr Regehr?

Call me when one of them shows up wearing a 'Ruck Regehr' hat, Terry P. calls you a cancer and suggests making whole in your head.

That 'emotional' enough for you?

Keep your pro player stance Garth. you're a moron.


Sorry but sympathy for the players is dwindling. We aren't all Cabana boys for the NHLPA like you are.

Brutal! Avs should be worried about this!
- jonathonpeddle

I wouldn't be worried. All that's happening here is you're being held hostage. You'll get him back when the season starts...but you're really not going to like the price.

Regehr is an idiot.

when he says the players are the only ones making concessions. What about the 18 owners that lost millions of dollars? Did it come out of the players pockets?
Just because the NHL makes money, doesn't mean that the teams are making money.

Buffalo lost $10.8 million last year. Regehr made over $4 million last year while only contributing 5 points and was a -12.

Here's what I think should happen to salaries. They are all prorated. No money is guaranteed, you are given a base which is adjusted every 2 months based on performance. How different would hockey be then?
- ILoveLamp

That's just bad management to loose 10.8 million a year.

Regehr is an idiot.

when he says the players are the only ones making concessions. What about the 18 owners that lost millions of dollars? Did it come out of the players pockets?
Just because the NHL makes money, doesn't mean that the teams are making money.

Buffalo lost $10.8 million last year. Regehr made over $4 million last year while only contributing 5 points and was a -12.

Here's what I think should happen to salaries. They are all prorated. No money is guaranteed, you are given a base which is adjusted every 2 months based on performance. How different would hockey be then?
- ILoveLamp

Lets assume they players get paid over 36 weeks. That would put Reghr's weekly paycheck at $111,111. After taxes at 33% that would land him around 71k a week. That amount of money would float anyones boat here for a year. A house, a car you actually like and maybe seasons tickets in the 300 level assuming there is another income in the house and Toronto isn't your favorite team. At one point does it occour to Robyn, that he makes rediculous money? Money that comes from the fans, not the owners?

That's just bad management to loose 10.8 million a year.
- yttrohs

Well Pegula is the execption, not the rule. He bought the team so he could blow all his dough on it. Sold out 99% of seats to its not a bad business. But he runs 23rd lowest ticket prices. He is, in my opinion, a large part of the cause of the current dillemma.

That's just bad management to loose 10.8 million a year.
- yttrohs

And that's just bad usage of the word "loose".

It's lose.

Leaf fans should be used to that word.

And that's just bad usage of the word "loose".

It's lose.

Leaf fans should be used to that word.
- Powerslave

Wow. Correcting grammatical errors in a comment section? You must be really smart.

And that's just bad usage of the word "loose".

It's lose.

Leaf fans should be used to that word.
- Powerslave

Burn

Fehr has them all brainwashed.

I like how Regehr says how transparent Fehr has been about the NHL's offers to the players and that he tells it how it is. But how would they know if he's lying about what the NHL is really offering if he's the only one telling them? Fehr is clearly good at communicating with the players but what he tells him could be completely different then what the NHL is saying!

Also I love how players refer back to the last lockout as a loss so they have to win this time. This makes almost no sense in a business standpoint, the last CBA was a complete change in how the players were paid and how the league was run. The owners used what they knew and tried to form a CBA that would be good for all teams. That didn't work out exactly like they thought it would but considering the big changes made there is no way they could have predicted what problems would arise 7 years down the line! That's why a CBA expires to see what worked and what didn't, clearly the cap has been beneficial as it has helped teams compete but there are still teams losing money which is what needs to get fixed. Player contracts have become a sideshow with rich owners trying to find ways around the cap. So they took in what happened in the last 7 years and tried to fix it, this CBA isn't about beating the players! This CBA is about fine tuning the agreement so that teams don't lose money and don't have to deal with crazy contracts. Let the business men take care of what they need to be happy and the players will make their money regardless.

The players are being led and brainwashed by a guy who could care less if there is hockey this season. He gets paid based on how well the players do not how fair the CBA is for the game. He doesn't care if the owner of the Panthers loses 10 million next year, as long as he gets paid nicely he's happy. Its time the players took their heads out their ass and just signed a deal.

Fehr has them all brainwashed.
- sippyd

Truthfully, I can't see this ending well for him. I would think he should start filling out his EI application.

Regehr is an idiot.

when he says the players are the only ones making concessions. What about the 18 owners that lost millions of dollars? Did it come out of the players pockets?
Just because the NHL makes money, doesn't mean that the teams are making money.

Buffalo lost $10.8 million last year. Regehr made over $4 million last year while only contributing 5 points and was a -12.

Here's what I think should happen to salaries. They are all prorated. No money is guaranteed, you are given a base which is adjusted every 2 months based on performance. How different would hockey be then?
- ILoveLamp

Pay for PERFORMANCE - novel idea!

50% of league revenues go into a pot - split evenly between the 30 teams - and then 70% is paid in salaries - and 30% goes to bonuses - 100% paid out every year - determined by statistical algorithms taking into consideration time on ice in Short handed situations - power play situations - and even strength situations - goals, assists, +/-, GAA, etc.

no floor - no cap - no whining (Ryan Miller)

I like how Regehr says how transparent Fehr has been about the NHL's offers to the players and that he tells it how it is. But how would they know if he's lying about what the NHL is really offering if he's the only one telling them? Fehr is clearly good at communicating with the players but what he tells him could be completely different then what the NHL is saying!

Also I love how players refer back to the last lockout as a loss so they have to win this time. This makes almost no sense in a business standpoint, the last CBA was a complete change in how the players were paid and how the league was run. The owners used what they knew and tried to form a CBA that would be good for all teams. That didn't work out exactly like they thought it would but considering the big changes made there is no way they could have predicted what problems would arise 7 years down the line! That's why a CBA expires to see what worked and what didn't, clearly the cap has been beneficial as it has helped teams compete but there are still teams losing money which is what needs to get fixed. Player contracts have become a sideshow with rich owners trying to find ways around the cap. So they took in what happened in the last 7 years and tried to fix it, this CBA isn't about beating the players! This CBA is about fine tuning the agreement so that teams don't lose money and don't have to deal with crazy contracts. Let the business men take care of what they need to be happy and the players will make their money regardless.

The players are being led and brainwashed by a guy who could care less if there is hockey this season. He gets paid based on how well the players do not how fair the CBA is for the game. He doesn't care if the owner of the Panthers loses 10 million next year, as long as he gets paid nicely he's happy. Its time the players took their heads out their ass and just signed a deal.
- Habsforever101

The owners are essenitally trying to give the players a taste of what they feel by making the players lose money. Unfortunately we are along for the ride.

Wow. Correcting grammatical errors in a comment section? You must be really smart.
- clarkysduster

Comparatively to yourself. Yes it kinda seems so doesn't it.

Comparatively to yourself. Yes it kinda seems so doesn't it.
- Thesource

You should consider adding a few commas in that sentence.

Players need to stop the whining. Go play in the KHL if you want.

Good riddance...

Garth, I know bloggers use opinion as much as fact for basis of an article but you really show no objectivity whatsoever.

I like Miller and if he were my teams goalie I'd love him even more but that being said, you seem to such an incredible man-crush on him that he is infallible.

Do you honestly think his "passionate venting" at Jacobs (while not saying his name directly) was in the best interest of his 750 "brothers-in-arms" or simply an opportunity to say his piece?

It was personal, pure and simple.
While I can understand it, I dont think it was professional, contructive or excusable, let alone to be applauded.

Players need to stop the whining. Go play in the KHL if you want.

Good riddance...
- Rally_Shots

totally, if the league de-certifies for real, say good bye to more than half non-north american players....

Pay for PERFORMANCE - novel idea!

50% of league revenues go into a pot - split evenly between the 30 teams - and then 70% is paid in salaries - and 30% goes to bonuses - 100% paid out every year - determined by statistical algorithms taking into consideration time on ice in Short handed situations - power play situations - and even strength situations - goals, assists, +/-, GAA, etc.

no floor - no cap - no whining (Ryan Miller)
- atlsabsfan

Careful, you sound like one of them "Socialists".
must have voted for obama too, damn 47%

BTW - that is sarcasm.

This approach make too much sence to be suported by anyone

Fehr has them all brainwashed.
- sippyd

all Gatorade bottles now filled with Jim Jones Kool-Aid

This is laughable.


Go for it players. Go make 2.4 million somewhere else.
- robin_steele264

My local grocery store is hiring.