Thread: The Official CBA Negotiations/Lockout Super Thread

Originally Posted by jt

I'm not so sure it'll be this week but I agree there will be a season. I'm thinking game 1 will be December 15th.



Intellectually I agree with you. But do you think the players are being that kind of analytical and intellectual?

If it were truly to become a significant issue I'm sure they would take notice. But we all know the fans will return.

Originally Posted by jt

You should add World Series cancelled by union leader: 1.

bettman 3, Fehr 1.

Originally Posted by jt

I'm not so sure it'll be this week but I agree there will be a season. I'm thinking game 1 will be December 15th.



Intellectually I agree with you. But do you think the players are being that kind of analytical and intellectual?

That makes sense though because the next batch of games to be cancelled were first couple of weeks in December.I just think the ball is in the PA court and they have pushed to meet.I will agree with this prediction

Originally Posted by LOSTcauseZERO

bettman 3, Fehr 1.

Bettman has canceled 3 World Series?

Originally Posted by keyTOarson

Bettman has canceled 3 World Series?

He was the cause of WW2 also. Didn't you know?

jom

Originally Posted by jt

Not going to games puts pressure on owners, not players. You might like to think that lower revenues puts pressure on players but it doesn't...because they have their contracts (or will get their contracts) - and owners will pay them a fortune whether fans show up or not.

You're a short term thinker. Yes, fans not going to games will affect players salaries eventually. Duh.

Awww...the owners have to pay the players. Boo ******ing who. The owners are the clowns that keep offering these contracts, right? That keep needing to be saved from themselves time and again, right?

Sorry, I just can't feel sorry for these dolts. All of them. Players too...any one of them that went into a contract discussion in recent years knew going in that their contracts might get cut due to a new CBA. Now they whine the NHL is asking for cuts (Wahhh...). That would be the reason many were asking for stupid up-front bonuses like Weber et al.

jom

Originally Posted by keyTOarson

Bettman has canceled 3 World Series?

Originally Posted by jom

He was the cause of WW2 also. Didn't you know?

jom

You guys completely missed the point.

Originally Posted by jom

You're a short term thinker. Yes, fans not going to games will affect players salaries eventually. Duh.

No I'm not, the players and nhlpa are...and that's the problem. If they truly took the long view they'd recognize that the one and only thing they need to include in the CBA is a loophoole to alllow exceptions.

Awww...the owners have to pay the players. Boo ******ing who. The owners are the clowns that keep offering these contracts, right? That keep needing to be saved from themselves time and again, right?

If owners could collude like players and agents those contracts wouldn't exist. It's not a level playing field...

Sorry, I just can't feel sorry for these dolts. All of them. Players too...any one of them that went into a contract discussion in recent years knew going in that their contracts might get cut due to a new CBA. Now they whine the NHL is asking for cuts (Wahhh...). That would be the reason many were asking for stupid up-front bonuses like Weber et al.

Right...so while you're sitting on the sidelines with apathy, what do you think is the "right" deal?

Originally Posted by keyTOarson

Bettman has canceled 3 World Series?

Originally Posted by jom

He was the cause of WW2 also. Didn't you know?

Probably responsible for global warming too.