2012 NHL Offseason Thread: ROCK OUT WITH YOUR LOCKOUT

[Mote]

http://www.mrporter.com/styledirecto...enrikLundqvist

He's made the Style Council. Shit's international

[Ratatapa]

http://www.mrporter.com/styledirecto...enrikLundqvist

He's made the Style Council. Shit's international

Best quote

TOP CITY

“New York City. You have everything you’ll ever need.”


Forgot to add even hurricanes!

[Bregor]

too soon

[Ratatapa]

We did JP jokes the same day

when they had the earthquake!

[bluefan]

Who else thinks it would be funny if Carolina beats all the team of the cities affected by the storm in the East conference?

I mean...you could say...

Spoiler: show

That a hurricane rocked through.

http://miniganb.files.wordpress.com/...miami_yeah.jpg

[Ratatapa]

YEAH!

[Bregor]

We did JP jokes the same day

when they had the earthquake!

whoosh

[Ratatapa]

Possible but since normaly we got hockey at this time, need to keep the thread up!

[Brill Weave]

Idiots.

[bluefan]

Idiots.

Yeah I know I'm going to hell. I made a guffaw with the Lokomotiv incident too =/

It's one of my bad habits unfortunately. I really don't mean what I say just to be clear.

[BadKarma]

[Ratatapa]

awsome

[Wulfgang]

Fuck the hurricane / earthquake / tsunami chatter, you guys need to pay more attention to Twitter and the CBA talks:

http://espn.go.com/blog/nhl/post/_/i...r-day-of-talks

This could still fall apart, but I’m ready to state that I believe there’s a better chance of a deal getting done than not at this stage.

I'm putting on my wizard robe and hat, except replace "wizard robe" with "Preds jersey" and "hat" with "drinking hat."

[Grey Jorildyn]

Is your drinking hat a beer helmet?

[Ace-o-fire]

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ugh i'm embarrassed to be a TA here now.

[Mote]

oh Broncos, what have you done?

[bluefan]

Woke up this morning to see frost on the ground and neighbors bird bath frozen over.

Oh hockey, hockey....where art thou hockey!?!!?!?!

[bluefan]

http://www.tsn.ca/story/?id=409136

Today, we met with the NHL off and on over several hours. A number of matters were discussed, including our proposal for a new pension plan, revenue sharing, the players' share and salary cap issues, and the owners' "make whole" concept. Present today were Chris Campoli, Mathieu Darche, Ron Hainsey, Johan Hedberg, Manny Malhotra, and Kevin Westgarth (David Backes was present for part of the day), as well as Mathieu Schneider, Joe Reekie, Steve Webb and Rob Zamuner.

No new proposals were exchanged on pension issues, but we will discuss this issue again tomorrow (Friday). We did receive a proposal on revenue sharing in response to the proposal we made this week, but this subject still needs considerable work.

In addition, we received a revamped proposal covering players' share and cap issues, their so-called "make whole", and player contracting issues. The owners finally did formally give us their "make whole" idea, which in dollar terms is similar to the discussions Bill Daly had with Steve Fehr a few days ago. While a step forward, a significant gap remains. Moreover, at the same time we were told that the owners want an "immediate reset" to 50/50 (which would significantly reduce the salary cap) and that their proposals to restrict crucial individual contracting rights must be agreed to. As you know, these include - among other things - losing a year of salary arbitration eligibility, allowing the team to file for salary arbitration in any year that the player can file, extending UFA eligibility to age 28 or 8 seasons, limiting contracts to 5 years, and permitting only 5% year to year variability in player contracts. Individually each is bad for players; taken together they would significantly reduce a player's bargaining power and give the owner much more leverage over a player for most if not all of his career.

In short, the concessions on future salary we have offered (at least $948 Million to $1.25 Billion over five years, depending on HRR growth) are not enough. We are still being told that more salaries must be conceded, and that very valuable player contracting rights must be surrendered. So, while we are meeting again, and while some steps are being taken, there is still a lot of work to be done and bridges to be crossed before an agreement can be made.

We will review today's discussions over night and tomorrow morning before meeting again with the owners. Following our meeting tomorrow with the league, we will be able to provide a broader update.

As always, please contact us if you have any questions or comments.

Best regards.
Don

[Bregor]

More talk today...

[Ace-o-fire]

Spoiler: show

poor soul.