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Originally Posted by betula
It's looking pretty bleak for the NHL right now. After this weekend, we should know the fate of the league. IMO, the players just don't know what's going on. The NHLPA has been bamboozled before, and I think they are again 'drinking the Kool-Aide' and just following their leadership, instead of thinking for themselves. A salary cap really hurts no one, but it affects the richest 10% or less the most. Of course, these are also players that are playing in Europe and such now. What about the grinders that can't make it over to Europe? You know, the guys that are actually getting hurt by not playing? The NHL with a salary cap is a much better situation for the lower 50% of the league than any other option. No other league will pay as much per player, to as many players (30 teams worth) than the NHL. If the league folds, anything that comes to replace it will have less than half the teams, and will have salaries half as high. I'm really hoping some of the players come to their senses.
...takes a breath... that said, the owners are morons too.
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I think the problem here is the owners' voice isn't being heard and neither is the players. Gary Bettman has been running the show for the owners, everything that's been going on, has been bettman and he has told the owners and players which deals were which.
If you read the last deal is was ENTIRELY bettman's idea and what was it? he called it a "compromise" it essentially said "we'll play under the players proposal including the 24% cut if and only if it meets all of the requirements we want in our cap system" does that sound like a compromise to you? this is bullshit and someone is going to have Goodenow and Bettman's heads when this is all over.