Lockout

[jogesc2]

Just to clarify something here - there is absolutely no talk of a strike. The players will not strike. If there is no hockey it is because the owners have locked them out - again.

I'm curious to see what the players proposal is that they just presented

[centrehice]

I don't care about NHL Hockey Cards, I care about NHL Hockey. Hockey cards are insignificant compared to the game.

Hockey cards are produced by independent companies that have nothing to do with the game itself, consequently they can find something else to do if there is no Hockey.

[CoolHandLuke]

I know this, I just used the wrong term, my bad. Just use all my concentration on coding and nothing making bugs so when I post, I take it more on the lite side and I do not always read back what I have written to correct mistake.

[Yipper]

[CoolHandLuke]

I'm curious to see what the players proposal is that they just presented

Quoted from http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Travi...rrow/134/46093

Donald Fehr spoke with the media on Tuesday afternoon and hinted at some pieces of the proposal. A handful of points mentioned:

(a) Revenue-sharing that could trend as high as $250M annually;
(b) The continued implementation of a hard salary cap;
(c) No changes in free agency or player salary lengths;
(d) A luxury-tax system; and
(e) A three-year reduced HRR assumed by the players.

Fehr believes the proposal will lead to a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, stabilizing an industry where the players assume a lower percentage of revenue sharing over the next few seasons.

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The NHLPA submitted their alternative proposal -- as dubbed by executive director Donald Fehr -- on Tuesday afternoon; an answer of sorts to the National Hockey League's initial proposal from a week prior.

The owners are expected to issue a response to the NHLPA's Tuesday submission within twenty-four hours, suggesting that the owners, et al. knew precisely what the NHLPA would be pitching in their alternative proposal. Four owners were in attendance for today's meeting, including Craig Leipold, Ted Leonsis, N. Murray Edwards, and Jeremy Jacobs.

Few details have leaked regarding the NHLPA's offer, but one element -- confirmed by Renaud Lavoie of RDS -- that is notably missing from the deal concerns the elimination of the salary cap. Apparently, the NHLPA is comfortable playing under salary cap restrictions -- much to the delight of the owners who use it as a budgetary constraint of sorts.

There wasn't much indication that the NHLPA would bargain for the removal of the salary cap, but it's interesting to note that the first concession -- even if it was an incredibly small one -- came from the NHLPA. They're not going to fight tooth-and-nail on every front, which could help sort this entire mess out...