Kukla's Korner Hockey
NHL Says Their Way Or No Way
by Paul on 11/12/12 at 10:15 AM ET
Comments (2)
from Michael Grange of Sportsnet,
But Sunday afternoon came and went and in the space of about an hour suddenly the contract rights issues were worth missing more games or even a season over.
The NHL, seemingly holding the upper hand on the money -- no matter what happens in this negotiation, the owners' share of HRR is going up, it's just a matter of how much -- is getting religious about their contract issues too.
"The owners made it clear that there is no give with respect to their proposals," said Fehr.
"Unless the players are prepared to take them down to the comma. I don't know how you make an agreement if that's their position."
NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly, who often seems to have the air of compromise about him, suddenly was making it sound like the players had to bend or the talks were dead in the swamp.
"Those are important issues for us," said Daly. "I would have hoped in the past week they would have shown some movement on those issues towards us, knowing what the fundamental concerns are. The message we basically got was we know what your contracting proposals are; we're not prepared to agree to them. …. It does leave us in a difficult place"
The NHL's position here is puzzling. Why they seem determined to use their leverage to its maximum doesn't make a lot of sense.
Filed in: NHL Talk, NHLPA, | KK Hockey | Permalink
Comments
Posted by Dakkster from Southern Sweden on 11/12/12 at 11:04 AM ET
As posted a few weeks ago on this site, Gary.Ass needs only EIGHT out of thirty owners to enforce the lockout. That same post listed Jacobs, Karmanos, and Leipold among the eight “hawks” who are locking out the season for a better CBA.
Posted by SYF from a viewing moratorium of NBC's hockey coverage on 11/12/12 at 01:10 PM ET
Add a Comment
Please limit embedded image or media size to 575 pixels wide.
Add your own avatar by joining Kukla's Korner, or logging in and uploading one in your member control panel.
Captchas bug you? Join KK or log in and you won't have to bother.
Most Recent Blog Posts
Money makes the World (juniors) go round
Is Kris LeTang the Penguins’ latest, “PIT must move player X for Crosby/Malkin’s sake” player?
TSN’s Dreger offers coaching chatter
Predators re-sign up-and-comer Bartley
Maybe Marian Hossa’s ‘resting’
Avs continue to get the band back together, add Adam Foote to coaching staff
Canucks are iffy on bringing Mason Raymond back
Zdeno Chara, work in progress? At one time, he most certainly was just that
About Kukla's Korner Hockey
Paul Kukla founded Kukla’s Korner in 2005 and the site has since become the must-read site on the ‘net for all the latest happenings around the NHL.
From breaking news to in-depth stories around the league, KK Hockey is updated with fresh stories all day long and will bring you the latest news as quickly as possible.
Email Paul anytime at pk@kuklaskorner.com
*#$%@& it. *#$%@& this.
The way I see it, the owners are still the biggest culprits in this. Bettman said to Fehr that the time for give and take was over. Can someone please tell me what the owners have given this time around? They haven’t offered anything to the players.
I’ve followed this lockout religiously but this is just pointless. I don’t care anymore. Oddly enough, I’m not really missing hockey that much. Started going to local games and that’s A LOT more fun than the NHL even if the level of play is SO BAD even compared to Swedish Elitserien quality.
I’m done. Wake me up when this is over.
Posted by Dakkster from Southern Sweden on 11/12/12 at 12:04 PM ET