They didnt benefit from the Cap. They benefited despite having a Cap. Which is why the players came out ahead.
- Gunslinger

So they made more money with a Cap than they would have?

They didnt benefit from the Cap. They benefited despite having a Cap. Which is why the players came out ahead.
- Gunslinger

Don't bother.

Does not seem like that would be in the best interest of a healthy league would it. If many teams were only spending 20 mill. while Toronto is spending 100 mill
- Cheeseballin

No more than it would be in the best interest of a healthy league to keep teams in markets where its just not working. Or owners are not committed to winning.

So they made more money with a Cap than they would have?
- Cheeseballin

They made more money than the owners wanted to give them. They made more money than the owners thought they would get when they put the Cap in place.

No more than it would be in the best interest of a healthy league to keep teams in markets where its just not working. Or owners are not committed to winning.
- Gunslinger

So get rid of or relocate half the league? hm interesting

Don't bother.
- muffin_man

Im at that point now. He gets it, now hes just being silly about it because he cant argue against it.

So get rid of half the league? hm interesting
- Cheeseballin

No, just the weakest of the weak links. 2-3 of them would be enough to make a significant difference. Relocation, not contraction.

Im at that point now. He gets it, now hes just being silly about it because he cant argue against it.
- Gunslinger

Didnt mean to make u angry

Im trying to understand. I simply dont get it.

Didnt mean to make u angry

Im trying to understand. I simply dont get it.
- Cheeseballin

Im not angry, but it is getting tiresome.

No, just the weakest of the weak links. 2-3 of them would be enough to make a significant difference. Relocation, not contraction.
- Gunslinger

How do you know it will make that much of a difference. Have you looked at the leagues books?

Im not angry, but it is getting tiresome.
- Gunslinger

Sorry you know way more than a lot of people do. So trying to understand.

Dan Rosen
@drosennhl
And the NHL and NHLPA meeting has ended. More soon.

Jesse Spector
@jessespector
Meeting over. Here comes Fehr.

Pierre LeBrun
@Real_ESPNLeBrun
NHLPA coming out now

Dan Rosen
@drosennhl
And the NHL and NHLPA meeting has ended. More soon.

Jesse Spector
@jessespector
Meeting over. Here comes Fehr.

Pierre LeBrun
@Real_ESPNLeBrun
NHLPA coming out now
- opeth_pa

OH poop

@Real_ESPNLeBrun)
1/1/13, 21:51
Don Fehr just spoke. Says NHL made a counter. NHLPA will look at it internally and both sides will meet again tomorrow at some point

@DavidAlter590
On narrowing the gap. Bettman says there are things they met the pa, things they bent on, and things they flat out said no.

@DavidAlter590
On narrowing the gap. Bettman says there are things they met the pa, things they bent on, and things they flat out said no.
- sippyd

It seems like an 8 year old tweeted this.

So keeping what they already had is a win? No

They lost alot more money by having a cap in place. Imagine how much more they could have made with no cap. Thats not winning.

They did not purposefully create a loophole. No Fact here.
- Cheeseballin

their salaries have increased dramatically. many owners are still losing money.

players won. this isn't rocket science.

Renaud Lavoie ‏@RenLavoieRDS

Revenue sharing is close to a done deal. The NHLPA move in the direction of the NHL by accepting a 10 year CBA with certain conditions.

The NHL will not give any feedback to the union until the disclaimer deadline has passed.

That will eliminate the players from filing anti-trust lawsuits. Just as i expected the NHL would do.

So now that the players won't be able to take that route, they have 2 choices - accept a new deal or disband the union - the latter of course would take months upon months in court to clear that mess up.

So in other words, the NHL knows the PA doesn't want to go down that route which means the NHL is still going to come out on top because the players will have no choice but to sign this deal.

Make no mistake, the timing of the NHL's comeback is no coincidence, they want that Jan 2 deadline out the window before they make any other moves.
- newmy

If the deadline passes, all the players need to do is vote again and they'll have another chance to disband...sorry if this was already pointed out, i didnt read every response...

If the deadline passes, all the players need to do is vote again and they'll have another chance to disband...sorry if this was already pointed out, i didnt read every response...
- annoyance_101

MJL is this true ?

It seems like an 8 year old tweeted this.
- systemtool

I was expecting your smartarse comment. No surprise.

Renaud Lavoie ‏@RenLavoieRDS

Revenue sharing is close to a done deal. The NHLPA move in the direction of the NHL by accepting a 10 year CBA with certain conditions.


- CrisCrossCrease

Thats huge.

I was expecting your smartarse comment. No surprise.
- sippyd

Of course you were. What esle to expect after your dumbass post. Huge surprise.

Renaud Lavoie ‏@RenLavoieRDS

Revenue sharing is close to a done deal. The NHLPA move in the direction of the NHL by accepting a 10 year CBA with certain conditions.


- CrisCrossCrease

Nice. Always helps when people pass on coherent information.

Thats huge.
- Bleedblue13

Thats what she said.