Thread: We are BACK!!!! NHL AND NHLPA REACH DEAL ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT

Daniel Tolensky ‏@dtolensky

Ultimately, CBA negotiation a lot like an NBA game. You'll save a lot of time & won't miss much if you just tune in for the final 2 minutes.

Originally Posted by Birdman

If Bettman cancels another season, Fehr's going to go to court. They are likely going to lose going that route.

When they do, Fehr's going to go after the salary cap. Hard.

I assume you mean "they", being the players, would lose.
The lockout has already been deemed legal by a couple Canadian provinces.
No reason to believe an American court would see it any different.
Also, it looks like the NHL covered their ass by deeming all contracts written during the last CBA only enforceable with the existence of "A" CBA.
Pretty iron clad ass covering.

So, the players lose and they still have to make a CBA.
Fehr goes after the cap hard.
The NHL no longer guarantees contracts, and down the toilet bowl it spirals.

Going after the cap is not only stupid, it's detrimental because it distracts from the real issues that can be solved. The PA's first proposals delinking salaries from revenues was as assinine as the NHL's first proposal.

Each side just wanted a starting place to negotiate and show that they were giving in, in order to get more. Each side is accusing the other of doing exactly what they, themselves, are doing.

Buncha ****tards, the lot of them.

Originally Posted by rinkrat

Daniel Tolensky ‏@dtolensky

Ultimately, CBA negotiation a lot like an NBA game. You'll save a lot of time & won't miss much if you just tune in for the final 2 minutes.

That is LGK's own dizzyd!

Originally Posted by mitchrock

That is LGK's own dizzyd!

Remember that guy? He doesn't spend much time here anymore it seems.

Originally Posted by mitchrock

That is LGK's own dizzyd!

Seems like he's more of an LGK alum. Does he still have a hockey blog? He used to have a good one.

Originally Posted by Birdman

If Bettman cancels another season, Fehr's going to go to court. They are likely going to lose going that route.

When they do, Fehr's going to go after the salary cap. Hard.

And that will be the end of the NHL as we know it. Franchises will fold. Survivors will see their valuations shrink. Thousands of non-player personnel will lose their jobs permanently, including Bettman. Forget about any kind of national US TV contract for a decade or more. Minor league teams will fold by the bushel-barrel-full. Youths in non-traditional markets will likely move on to participating in other sports.

Yes, my friends, ice will melt . . . permanently.

n/m, got my facts twisted.

If they cancel the season I think NBC will have something to say about that in court as well.