The Official CBA Negotiations/Lockout Super Thread

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Originally Posted by Bogey

Are you questioning that figure?

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No, it's a big money business and the Kings didn't start the season very well but I could see this season could of matched Edmonton's money.
If there is one.

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Originally Posted by Bogey

NHL lockout: Players pay now for NHLPA coup: Cox

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I should think those thoughts have been on many of our minds since the day Fehr showed up at NHLPA, Bettman is slime, so are the Fehr brothers.

That Cox article is a hack job. It's like a Fox News article on Obama.

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Originally Posted by santiclaws

That Cox article is a hack job. It's like a Fox News article on Obama.

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Are you saying that you didn't see this stalemate coming when Fehr was named head of the NHLPA ?

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Originally Posted by Thud

Are you saying that you didn't see this stalemate coming when Fehr was named head of the NHLPA ?

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The stalemate was coming no matter who was in charge.

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Originally Posted by santiclaws

That Cox article is a hack job. It's like a Fox News article on Obama.

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Oh, did you want the version by MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, NYTimes, LATimes or NPR? :wootrock:

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Originally Posted by santiclaws

That Cox article is a hack job. It's like a Fox News article on Obama.

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Or an MSNBC article on Romney. With no hockey I get to watch all the channels these days.

Both sides are way closer to a deal than they are acknowledging in the media. A few interesting tweets:

https://twitter.com/walsha

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Allan Walsh ‏@walsha
NHL players have accepted 50/50, just honor the current contracts signed by owners (and Bettman) and we can play hockey now.

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https://twitter.com/Real_ESPNLeBrun

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Pierre LeBrun ‏@Real_ESPNLeBrun
Spoke with a team exec who says there's either a labor deal this week or there's no season. Not sure it's that clear-cut but who knows...

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Originally Posted by LOSTcauseZERO

The NHL will not be making anywhere near $3.3 billion for a very long time.

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And the owners have no one to blame but themselves and their lockout. The owners and the league would take a smaller PR hit if they were negotiating while games were being played.

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Originally Posted by LAK1ngs

And the owners have no one to blame but themselves and their lockout. The owners and the league would take a smaller PR hit if they were negotiating while games were being played.

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And that would be idiotic for the owners to do since Fehr would have the league by the balls. Plus how does one play a game with no CBA rules in place? No contract lengths, suspension rules, etc... there are none as of now. Hey they could simply play under the league's first offer while continuing to negotiate. Yeah right, that'll happen.