NHL Owners Just Don't Get It!

I was optimistic until now... I'm now convinced that we're not going to see any NHL for a long time, even into next season. 

Check out Scott Burnside's great article on the situation:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/columns/story?id=1946499

From the article:
"Bettman followed the predictable path of rejecting the players' association's proposal of last week and followed it with an equally predictable counterproposal that included a salary cap, which was predictably rejected by the players' association. "

IMO - the Owners made a senseless offer that did nothing to help the situation.  They basically took the NHLPA's offer, and added a 34.6 to 38.6 salary cap!!!!!! 

I LOVE Scott's last sentence...
"What remains between them, a seemingly immovable object, is this notion of who is responsible for the future of the game. Perhaps the next step toward putting aside children's games is the public acknowledgement that this is the owners' mess and that it is up to the players to clean it up."

Way to go Scott!  Keep up the great writing...

1 Comment

  • As a season ticket holder to the Nashville Predators I can certainly feel the frustration. I see both sides, but I think in the last NHLPA offer was in good faith. To bad Bettman and the owners can't give back a little on their side. A luxury tax with a little more teeth would be a good first step. Thinking that they will get a salary cap right off the bat is naive thinking.



    If there is a good side to this, I coach my son's termite hockey team and my co-coach is Jim McKenzie, winger for the Preds. Not every 6 year old can say that they have an NHL player showing them how to skate backwards....

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