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Post by dreamcatcher on Dec 13, 2004 12:40:23 GMT -5
...not that it is any surprise, but TSN reports that Eugene Melynk, representing the owners I imagine, says the one time roll back by the NHLPA is great, but doesn't address the NHL'S problems long term.
He further says, that they are all "very united" regarding cost certainty, and that they've told Bettman the offer just isn't good enough. The only thing that really is good enough, is Gary Bettmans model for cost certainty (Hard Salary Cap).
Well.
A day before the NHL'S counter offer and I get the impression that it will be an offer that will be flatly rejected by the PA. Good. No. Scratch that. Fantastic news for those hoping for an NHL franchise in Winnipeg don't you all agree? This is better than I was expecting. The longer this goes on, the better.
By the summer time, I expect to look back at NHL teams either folded, or relocated OR looking to relocate.
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Post by jets4ever on Dec 14, 2004 13:01:08 GMT -5
By the summer time, I expect to look back at NHL teams either folded, or relocated OR looking to relocate. Yes!!
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Post by Yar on Dec 14, 2004 18:08:51 GMT -5
;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Luke on Dec 23, 2004 1:03:44 GMT -5
;D LOL
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Post by Ducky on Dec 30, 2004 21:11:00 GMT -5
Jacobs, Snider back league, Bettman
TSN.ca Staff with files
12/17/2004
It didn't take too long for some of the NHL's owners to respond to the renewed stalemate between the league and the NHL Players' Association.
Just a day after the union blasted the NHL and the numbers behind their latest proposal, two of the league's higher profile executives have offered their opinions in the war of words.
Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs told the Boston Globe on Thursday that he agreed with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman that there is a desperate need to retool the system. Jacobs then added that if it costs the 2004-05 season, then that's the price the owners and the league are willing to pay.
Related Info Union blasts NHL for rejecting proposal "If I were leaning, I'm leaning more (toward) wait for next year," Jacobs told the Globe.
"We're talking to a group of guys (among the union's negotiating committee) who, if we wait until next year, they probably won't be the guys who eventually will be playing. This is a wasting asset in their case. In our case, we're trying to preserve an asset. They're blaming us for getting where we are and we're assuming full responsibility for that. But they're not agreeing with our cure for it."
"When you're in an industry that values success based on how you finish in the standings or have a Stanley Cup, it's not for economic success, and yet we have to control the economics of this business," he added.
"That's the way we're doing it. If we continue to just leave it on the basis that the guy who wins the most amount of games is successful, irrespective of how they financially win or lose, then that's going to a different discipline and a different set of circumstances. We're going to have to blend the two. We want to take control over this business and the only way we can do it is by satisfying this particular issue (of tying salaries to revenues)."
Philadelphia Flyers chairman and Hockey Hall of Fame member Ed Snider also spoke out on the failed negotiations. "(The owners) are totally in sync with the league," Snider told the Philadelphia Daily News. "I have been in this league since 1966, 38 years I've been involved in the league, and I've never seen the owners so solidly together as they are today. They are as solid as a rock.
"You can say that the owners are stupid, and (NHL Executive Director Bob Goodenow) can say all the crap he wants, but the bottom line is we have a system that doesn't work."
The remarks came just hours after the NHLPA held a conference call to chide the NHL for misinterpreting its rejected proposal - and to hammer the league again for its calculations.
The crux of the argument was prompted by commissioner Gary Bettman's comments Tuesday that the union's offer - highlighted by a 24 per cent salary rollback - would still lead to financial losses as early as the 2005-06 season.
Files from the Boston Globe and Philadelphia Daily News were used in this report.
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