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Old 02-20-2005, 07:15 AM   #27 (permalink)
Quadraton
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Originally Posted by lunchbox
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.

I don't think that last part will apply so much to Bettman as it will to Goodenow. If you think about it, as dumb and stupid as Bettman is regarding the game of hockey (he did after all tell people that hockey belongs down in Florida), he did exactly what the owners wanted him to do. He broke the union, and got a salary cap. I think Bettman should be fired out of a cannon. You think Bettman should be fired out of a cannon. Ultimately, however, it's the owners who have the last say, and I get the impression that Bettman is going to be around for a very long time.

Now Goodenow is another story. Once the NHL and Players strike a deal, his days will probably be numbered. After years of telling the Player's Association that they will not accept a salary cap, what does he do? He accepts a salary cap, and he did it in the 11th hour as an act of desperation, without consulting union members. You can think of it as a reasonable comprimise, but now that Goodenow has accepted a salary cap, he has demonstrated that, much like Eagleson, he is weak in the face of the powerful owners. It will be difficult for the union to back out of a cap from now on, and I wouldn't be surprised if many players think Goodenow just screwed them up the ass without even having the courtesy for a reach-around.
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