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mr. bruin wroteCOLONLol, hopefully the cap dont drop too much. Bruins could be in some trouble next year. Rask and Lucic RFA coming up. With Seguin and Marchand done, Chia is doing some locking up of the young guys.

Shep wroteCOLONI also read Bettman gave them a "take it or leave it" final offer. If they do not accept, there will be a lockout.

bills09 wroteCOLONRenaud P Lavoie @RenLavoieRDS
NHL offer today: players get 49 % of HRR in first year (they had 57% before) and it goes down to 47 %. Won't be accepted.

Sep 12: BOS: Trent Whitfield, C; Jamie Tardif, RW; Garnet Exelby, D; Christian Hanson, C; FLA: Casey Wellman, C; Andre Deveaux, RW; Dov Grumet-Morris, G; Michael Caruso, D; Nolan Yonkman, D; Greg Rallo, RW; James Wright, C; J.F. Jacques, LW.

Sep 13: OTT: Andre Benoit, D; Pat Cannone, C; Tyler Eckford, D; Hugh Jessiman, RW; Nathan Lawson,G; DET: Francis Pare, RW; Jordan Pearce, G; CHI: Carter Hutton, G; NAS: Kevin Henderson, LW; PHI: Matt Ford, C; Danny Syvret. D; NYR: Sean Collins, D; Mike Vernace, D; Michael Haley, C; Chad Kolarik, RW; Kris Newbury, C; Logan Pyett, D; Brandon Segal, RW; Tommy Grant, C; COL: Patrick Bordeleau, LW; Bryan Lerg, LW; Tomas Pock, D; Sean Sullivan, D; Bill Thomas, RW; David Van Der Gulik, C; VAN; Guillaume Desbiens, RW; Andrew Gordon, RW; Derek Joslin, D; Patrick Mullen, D; Andrew Ebbett, C; MIN: Drew Bagnall, D; Brian Connelly, D; Chay Genoway, D; Carson McMillan,C ; Jarod Palmer, RW; WAS: Matt Clackson, RW; Patrick McNeill, D; Dany Sabourin, G; Kevin Marshall, D; Ryan Potulny, C; Garret Stafford, D; Zach Hamill, C; Ryan Stoa, C; STL: Taylor Chorney, D; Adam Cracknell, RW; Scott Ford, D; Mike McKenna, G; Andrew Murray, RW; Brett Sonne, C; Anthony Peluso, LW; DAL: Colten Sceviour, RW; Maxime Fortunus, D; Luke Gazdic, LW; Toby Petersen, C; Travis Morin, C; Tyler Sloan, D; Francis Wathier, LW; ANA: Jeff Deslauriers, G; Dan Sexton, RW.

shooker wroteCOLONSay what ya want about bettman being the little rat he is but this negotiation has been very one sided thus far. The owners have conceded everything other than % while the PA challenges the legality of locking out players in Alberta and Quebec. It is seriously time for Fehr to get away from his media campaign and come to the tables to talk. Stop saying it is the owners locking you out, you made the players strike twice in the mlb and the only reason you would not consider it now is the players would not be able to play in other leagues!

End rant but more seriously end this strike.

Nick wroteCOLONNo his offer was one that had an acceptance date -> Sept 15th, after that it's off the table.

shooker wroteCOLONTwo decades of labour piece vs a league where every team can compete. I think the mlb is a farce and that 1994 lockout was our 2005 lockout. Thank god Gary was there or our league may have gone down the path of the mlb. We however do not have the fan base baseball does to support such a farce.

shooker wroteCOLONFor the record Kareem I am against a rollback as I don't deem it fair. I think locking the cap where it is until revenue grows so much as 50% is now higher then the current cap only to then maintain a 50% split is fair. I think two roll backs in less than 10 years is harsh. I also think players would accept that proposal as they know at some point a 50/50 split will happen. but what do I know.

kyuss wroteCOLONBettman made no mistery that offer was negotiable till Sept 15th. So he never pretended that to be a final offer.

(Not like i do think that offer will indeed be off after 15th lol)

Mike wroteCOLONBunch of dudes waived today. Copied from HF:

Sep 12: BOS: Trent Whitfield, C; Jamie Tardif, RW; Garnet Exelby, D; Christian Hanson, C; FLA: Casey Wellman, C; Andre Deveaux, RW; Dov Grumet-Morris, G; Michael Caruso, D; Nolan Yonkman, D; Greg Rallo, RW; James Wright, C; J.F. Jacques, LW.

Sep 13: OTT: Andre Benoit, D; Pat Cannone, C; Tyler Eckford, D; Hugh Jessiman, RW; Nathan Lawson,G; DET: Francis Pare, RW; Jordan Pearce, G; CHI: Carter Hutton, G; NAS: Kevin Henderson, LW; PHI: Matt Ford, C; Danny Syvret. D; NYR: Sean Collins, D; Mike Vernace, D; Michael Haley, C; Chad Kolarik, RW; Kris Newbury, C; Logan Pyett, D; Brandon Segal, RW; Tommy Grant, C; COL: Patrick Bordeleau, LW; Bryan Lerg, LW; Tomas Pock, D; Sean Sullivan, D; Bill Thomas, RW; David Van Der Gulik, C; VAN; Guillaume Desbiens, RW; Andrew Gordon, RW; Derek Joslin, D; Patrick Mullen, D; Andrew Ebbett, C; MIN: Drew Bagnall, D; Brian Connelly, D; Chay Genoway, D; Carson McMillan,C ; Jarod Palmer, RW; WAS: Matt Clackson, RW; Patrick McNeill, D; Dany Sabourin, G; Kevin Marshall, D; Ryan Potulny, C; Garret Stafford, D; Zach Hamill, C; Ryan Stoa, C; STL: Taylor Chorney, D; Adam Cracknell, RW; Scott Ford, D; Mike McKenna, G; Andrew Murray, RW; Brett Sonne, C; Anthony Peluso, LW; DAL: Colten Sceviour, RW; Maxime Fortunus, D; Luke Gazdic, LW; Toby Petersen, C; Travis Morin, C; Tyler Sloan, D; Francis Wathier, LW; ANA: Jeff Deslauriers, G; Dan Sexton, RW.

MSP4LYFE wroteCOLON

shooker wroteCOLONTwo decades of labour piece vs a league where every team can compete. I think the mlb is a farce and that 1994 lockout was our 2005 lockout. Thank god Gary was there or our league may have gone down the path of the mlb. We however do not have the fan base baseball does to support such a farce.

The argument that any team can compete in the NHL is a farce. Fact is, only a handful of teams are likely to win the championship in any given year, not unlike baseball. The NHL merely has the illusion of parity due to three point games, and a playoff format where the majority of teams make the post-season.