Thread: The Official CBA Negotiations/Lockout Super Thread

Originally Posted by Ice24:2587717

Originally Posted by Bogey

I think only the Alberta teams would be affected by the Alberta ruling, but if they find in the PA's favor, it could cause a big mess as the Oilers and Flames would have to unlock and pay their players.

I think it's unlikely but then, OJ was found not guilty.

They would have to open training camp in Edmonton.

Calgary is in Alberta too.

Originally Posted by pete

You want to know something ? I really think that was planned by Bettman and the Owners. There were lots of free agent signings this past summer. Now they are crying about what they are paying the players. They knew what they were doing with the free agents signings. I do know one thing Bettmen needs to be fired ASAP.

pete

The owners knew they were going to have rollbacks so why not sign the players.

Originally Posted by Bogey

Calgary is in Alberta too.

Yes but Calgary is not really an NHL team.

Originally Posted by Ice24:2587720

Originally Posted by Bogey

Calgary is in Alberta too.

Yes but Calgary is not really an NHL team.

You're right, it's a Canadian city.

Originally Posted by ChilledAgua

Winter Classic and NBC's $200 million contract could pressure NHL owners

Hockey lockout could freeze NBC's sports momentum | Reuters

"If the season is lost to a strike, NBC will still pay the league $200 million this year, but at the end of its contract it will receive an extra year of broadcast rights, according to a source familiar with the deal."

Canceling 2013 NHL Winter Classic: How it would impact Detroit and Univ. of Michigan | Puck Daddy - Yahoo! Sports

Kuzma: Winter Classic, $200m NBC deal at risk as CBA talks stall

The owners still get the $200M this year regardless.

KuklasKorner-Winter Classic will be canceled by November as a negotiating tactic

LOL

Originally Posted by LOSTcauseZERO

Speaking of the Winter Classic; I was listening to the Fan 590 in Toronto this morning and one of the hosts suggested the PA should tell the NHL that they will never play in an outdoor game again if there is a lockout. I thought that was a pretty good suggestion.

KuklasKorner - Winter Classic will be canceled by NHL by November as a negotiating tactic

LOL

Originally Posted by Wawota

When snipers are sought in NHL transactions, they are not supposed to be aiming at their own feet with a shotgun.

Yet they shot Devellano in the head and the foot at the same time...

Originally Posted by KHenry14

The only reason to hire Don Fehr is to NOT capitulate to the owners. The owners must know that and don't care if they lose another season. Essentially you can't out brinkmanship Don Fehr. Which is why I think there will definately be a work stoppage. Oh to be a fly on the wall in these negotiations.

Brinkmanship!???? Really. I see none from either side.

It could be long.According to the Detroit Free Press, the veteran Red Wings forward thinks the lockout could last longer than the 2004 edition which saw an entire season cancelled.

"I think people don't think it can go a year," Cleary told the Free Press on Sunday. "As players, we think it can. Maybe longer."

Cleary feels both sides are waiting for the other side to blink in the current labour showdown and he is confident the players will not cave this time.

"I think the league is waiting for us to make the move, and we're waiting for them to move. So someone has to move. And I don't see it coming from our end," Cleary told the newspaper. "We've given them a couple of good options that they can work with, and they, obviously, feel it's not good enough."

Report: Red Wings' Cleary thinks NHL lockout could go long