Do we have a CBA strife thread yet?

[Vadered]

If they get rid of the cap system teams like the Flyers, Leafs & Rangers will have 100M payrolls. The Islanders will spend 20M if that. A hard cap system is a must for the NHL.

I know and agree, but one does not simply pass up a chance to call Jeff a commie.

 

[SLY]

So you are saying you prefer communism, where every team gets their allotted cap space, no more, no less, regardless of any sort of skill or talent, as opposed to a capitalism, where teams can earn their own cap space?

Sly's a commie! And thanks to the converse fallacy of accident, that means all Boston folks must be communists! Oh, Boston, you were one of our proudest cities, and you've turned. Still, we have hope. We all know the way to best way to beat the red is with the orange and the black...

 

[puckhead]

Grange on NHL: Cloaked in compromise - sportsnet.ca

 

[SLY]

... Great.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

@drosennhl: Fehr traveling to Chicago and Kelowna to update players. Next economic negotiating session set for next Wednesday.

tells you how many NHL'ers live in Kelowna in the offseason lol

 

[Eddie_Shack]

So you are saying you prefer communism, where every team gets their allotted cap space, no more, no less, regardless of any sort of skill or talent, as opposed to a capitalism, where teams can earn their own cap space?

Sly's a commie! And thanks to the converse fallacy of accident, that means all Boston folks must be communists! Oh, Boston, you were one of our proudest cities, and you've turned. Still, we have hope. We all know the way to best way to beat the red is with the orange and the black...

Jeff Sly, more like Jeff Stalin amirite?!?!?

 

[puckhead]

makes me sad to hear about players' alternative plans
Joe Thornton, Rick Nash to play in Switzerland during an NHL lockout; Selanne to Jokerit? (Report) | Puck Daddy - Yahoo! Sports

 

[mooger_35]

DION PHAN3UF ‏@DIONPHAN3UF
/READ CBA REBUTTAL. /SIGH MIGHTILY. /SET PYRE OF STICKS AND SKATES ABLAZE IN MOVING CEREMONY.

 

[mooger_35]

makes me sad to hear about players' alternative plans
Joe Thornton, Rick Nash to play in Switzerland during an NHL lockout; Selanne to Jokerit? (Report) | Puck Daddy - Yahoo! Sports

Darren Dreger ‏@DarrenDreger
Contrary to reports, both Rick Nash and agent Joe Resnick say Rick has no plan to play in Davos if there is a lockout.

 

[SLY]

This isn't sounding good.

 

[SLY]

Will AHL be affected if there is a lock out?

 

[awaz]

Will AHL be affected if there is a lock out?

only in that it will be a much better league.. charlotte checkers, here i come!

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

only in that it will be a much better league.. charlotte checkers, here i come!

You're lucky. During the last lockout the Checkers were still ECHL. It was good enough for my hockey fix, but a huge drop off.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

if theres a lockout ... and if JayBlo plays in the AHL ... maybe he'll play a playoff hockey game again

 

[dash]

if theres a lockout ... and if JayBlo plays in the AHL ... maybe he'll play a playoff hockey game again

Could happen, as Grand Rapids has a pretty good team

 

[puckhead]

Uneasiness grows as lockout deadline nears for NHL, NHLPA - Winnipeg Free Press

Current system
Salary cap: $70.2 million
Salary floor: $54.2 million

NHL's proposal
Salary cap: $50.8 million
Salary floor: $38.8 million

NHLPA's proposal (assuming a fixed $16-million gap is kept in place)
Salary cap: $69 million
Salary floor: $53 million


big gap
what the NHL comes back with will tell us whether they actually want to get a deal done.

 

[dash]

The old system isn't working, yet all the league wants to do is tweak the old system (i.e. gouge the players again) with very little changes to revenue sharing. It's kinda funny that swarmy Bettman says "It's clear the player's proposal wasn't put together in a hour or two" 'cause I think that's about the time the league spent on their proposal.

 

[Comeds]

I don't expect a deal at all soon, but I really would love someone to push for a 10 year deal. At least that way the bad taste from the last lockout will be a bit farther behind.

 

[higgyfan4]

I don't expect a deal at all soon, but I really would love someone to push for a 10 year deal. At least that way the bad taste from the last lockout will be a bit farther behind.

Amen!

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Uneasiness grows as lockout deadline nears for NHL, NHLPA - Winnipeg Free Press

Current system
Salary cap: $70.2 million
Salary floor: $54.2 million

NHL's proposal
Salary cap: $50.8 million
Salary floor: $38.8 million

NHLPA's proposal (assuming a fixed $16-million gap is kept in place)
Salary cap: $69 million
Salary floor: $53 million


big gap
what the NHL comes back with will tell us whether they actually want to get a deal done.

It's not difficult to figure this out. Just meet in the middle.

Salary cap 60M
Salary floor 45M