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  • Even bigger than PSU?

    Do you think the NHL's newly proposed CBA could have an impact upon college hockey?

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    Re: Even bigger than PSU?

    Are you referring to the 5 year entry contracts??

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    • #3
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      Yes, because with that proposal, there will not be a NHL season this winter.
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      • #4
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        Originally posted by jnacc View Post
        Are you referring to the 5 year entry contracts??
        The 5 year entry contracts are one component of the NHL owners' CBA proposal, but I agree with Happy that overall this proposal all but dares NHL players to go on strike. I suspect the owners' stance will have an immediate and significant impact upon the rosters and recruits of college hockey programs, some more than others.

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        • #5
          Re: Even bigger than PSU?

          It doesn't dare them to go on strike. This happens all the time. One side starts off negotiations with an obvious low-ball starting offer. The players will come back with a just as ridiculous counter offer and we go from there...

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            Originally posted by J.D. View Post
            It doesn't dare them to go on strike. This happens all the time. One side starts off negotiations with an obvious low-ball starting offer. The players will come back with a just as ridiculous counter offer and we go from there...
            They seem hell bent on destroying the season.

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            • #7
              Re: Even bigger than PSU?

              Who is they? Nobody associated with this wants to lose a season. That doesn't mean both sides won't try their best to get a sweetheart deal. The biggest problem with all of this is the addition of Donald Fehr, unfortunately.

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              • #8
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                Originally posted by J.D. View Post
                Who is they? Nobody associated with this wants to lose a season. That doesn't mean both sides won't try their best to get a sweetheart deal. The biggest problem with all of this is the addition of Donald Fehr, unfortunately.
                I think the owners wouldn't blink about a locked out season. That is they.

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                • #9
                  Re: Even bigger than PSU?

                  It wasn't even a decade ago that they had a full-year locked out. And they're threatening not playing again, when they've finally started getting people back.

                  Idiots.
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                  • #10
                    Re: Even bigger than PSU?

                    ...which is exactly why I don't think anybody wants to lose the season. Of course both sides want drastic changes in their favor, that's to be expected.

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                    • #11
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                      Originally posted by UMLFan View Post
                      It wasn't even a decade ago that they had a full-year locked out. And they're threatening not playing again, when they've finally started getting people back.

                      Idiots.
                      I have to assume that in the business world, you are more successful than the average NHL team owner, you are calling them idiots.

                      wow

                      i believe that whatever those idiots did, they are making more money than they did 10 years ago, crap economy notwithstanding....

                      was it just dumb luck?

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                      • #12
                        Re: Even bigger than PSU?

                        Originally posted by J.D. View Post
                        Who is they? Nobody associated with this wants to lose a season. That doesn't mean both sides won't try their best to get a sweetheart deal. The biggest problem with all of this is the addition of Donald Fehr, unfortunately.
                        Oh no, are you kidding? Donald Fehr has his hand in hockey now too? That's one guy that won't mind losing an entire season. I wonder if Girgensons ever thought about that?

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                        • #13
                          Re: Even bigger than PSU?

                          Originally posted by J.D. View Post
                          Who is they? Nobody associated with this wants to lose a season. That doesn't mean both sides won't try their best to get a sweetheart deal. The biggest problem with all of this is the addition of Donald Fehr, unfortunately.
                          You're joking right?

                          Gary Bettman is the absolute worst. The owners are almost as bad. Leading up to free-agency, the owner of the Minnesota Wild said this:

                          "We're not making money, and that's one reason we need to fix our system. We need to fix how much we're spending right now. [The Wild's] revenues are fine. We're down a little bit in attendance, but we're up in sponsorships, we're up in TV revenue. And so the revenue that we're generating is not the issue as much as our expenses. And [the Wild's] biggest expense by far is player salaries"

                          He then signed two players to almost $200 million worth of deals....

                          Regardless of whether you think the ludicrous offer made by the owners is gamesmanship, or just an average negotiating technique, it's hard to imagine it being a good starting point. This is especially true because the last go-round resulted in the players taking a cut from revenues, and the 11% cut proposed in the current proposal is completely contradictory to everything Bettman has said about the last CBA being successful. In fact, revenues have risen around 7% annually during that period.

                          My question is, why is Bettman looking to completely overhaul the system considering how well it has worked? Why not just change some small things like how contracts are scored (eliminating bonuses as an option for payment so the cap is a real cap) and a couple other small things? It seems like pure greediness IMO.

                          Rant over. However, I did put together a blog piece about this if anyone cares to read any further.

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                          • #14
                            Re: Even bigger than PSU?

                            Originally posted by Wildpantswilly View Post
                            You're joking right?

                            Gary Bettman is the absolute worst. The owners are almost as bad. Leading up to free-agency, the owner of the Minnesota Wild said this:

                            "We're not making money, and that's one reason we need to fix our system. We need to fix how much we're spending right now. [The Wild's] revenues are fine. We're down a little bit in attendance, but we're up in sponsorships, we're up in TV revenue. And so the revenue that we're generating is not the issue as much as our expenses. And [the Wild's] biggest expense by far is player salaries"

                            He then signed two players to almost $200 million worth of deals....

                            Regardless of whether you think the ludicrous offer made by the owners is gamesmanship, or just an average negotiating technique, it's hard to imagine it being a good starting point. This is especially true because the last go-round resulted in the players taking a cut from revenues, and the 11% cut proposed in the current proposal is completely contradictory to everything Bettman has said about the last CBA being successful. In fact, revenues have risen around 7% annually during that period.

                            My question is, why is Bettman looking to completely overhaul the system considering how well it has worked? Why not just change some small things like how contracts are scored (eliminating bonuses as an option for payment so the cap is a real cap) and a couple other small things? It seems like pure greediness IMO.
                            Nope, not joking. Are you? Jesus Christ. Try being at least a little bit specific next time if you're gonna come at me like that. I never said Bettman was a great commissioner or that the owners are great. I expected a ridiculous offer and I expect an equally ridiculous counter offer from the players. That's how this works. If all of these situations always started with good starting points, there'd never be any talk of lockouts. They always start far apart.

                            As a fan, I like where the game is considering where it was and see opportunities to keep growing. Are there things I would change? Absolutely. I'm not an owner nor am I defending them. But what we've seen so far is par for the course in all CBA negotiations. Both sides are equally greedy, especially when you now have someone like Donald Fehr in charge of the players. I really didn't say a whole lot in my original post to warrant this "rant".

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                            • #15
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                              The Minnesota Wild may be losing money and Arizona certainly is, but Los Angeles isn't, and wait until next year. Other NHL franchises in major metropolitan areas are reaping a tidy profit. The issue is whether the "Professional" in Professional Hockey means money rules, period. [Some call this "capitalism".] In simple terms, the highest bidder gets the player. Without salary caps and other regulations the NHL will quickly evolve into a Harlem Globetrotters vs. Washington Generals spectacle; a "haves" versus the "have nots." Does this sound familiar? Precisely the same issues influence college hockey, compounded by those pesky demands for education.

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