rrasco

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    [Retired] Official Lockout Thread

    I'll be watching baseball tonight. Not because I have a choice though.
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    [Retired] Official Lockout Thread

    The 50-50 split in other leagues is irrelevant because of the way revenues are defined. Why do you think the definition of HRR is a core issue right now?
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    [Retired] Official Lockout Thread

    Salary cap?
  4. Didn't realize the video was posted in that article, but here is a direct link anyways. http://video.nhl.com...=187763〈=en
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    [Retired] Official Lockout Thread

    Would or would not have?
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    [Retired] Official Lockout Thread

    What exactly did I cherry pick? You said the union is not necessary and should be dissolved and that without a union the lockout wouldn't exist. Those are the topics I am discussing.
  7. His left hand. I had no idea he only had one arm. Guy made it through D-Day and got hit with a German rocket in the coming weeks. Yikes. Officially a true hero.
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    [Retired] Official Lockout Thread

    You're correct, we wouldn't have a lockout without a union, because no players would be willing to play in the NHL and if they were even willing to the teams would have bankrupt themselves by now. I'm very much a believer that this is a matter of education or you wouldn't make such ludicrous claims. I'm assuming you are ignorant to the benefits of a union because you keep claiming it is unnecessary to exist and support dissolving it. You obviously don't recognize the benefits at all. The union is not restricting the owners from running a successful business, their poor business decisions along with a poor location is.
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    Zetterberg to play in Switzerland

    Didn't the league also require they sign a full year deal? As in, no bailing if the lockout ends. I heard someone mention they lifted that, but I think an article or two on Z mentioned that had something to do with it as well.
  10. Whenever he said that, I would think to myself, "Here comes a goal from them". The Budd Lynch goal I call it.
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    [Retired] Official Lockout Thread

    Yeah, but why? I quote news posts and don't have the highlighted text. When you c/p the text into the post, does the WYSIWYG editor show the highlighted text? Can you not correct it before hitting submit? It was just a request. I have relatively 'young' eyes, I can't imagine what it does to all you old fart's eyes. No nerve hit, I just don't think you made a whole lot of logical sense with your position relative to the current state of the NHL. The owners lockout the players and you suggest the PA be absolved because they are not necessary. With or without a PA, the league should let those franchises fail, but they won't. The union is there to protect the rights of the players, just like pretty much every other industry out there; automotive, railroad, teachers, etc. The owners don't need the union to protect themselves, they need a CBA with a hard salary cap, which they have. There can legally be no CBA without a union, so this is why you have them. We can talk for hours about why there is a union, etc; I suggest you read the history of NHL players unionizing in the 50s. If you recall, this is why Lindsay was traded away from the Wings.
  12. No No No No!!!! I really don't want to believe this right now.
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    [Retired] Official Lockout Thread

    I have a request: can we keep news quotes from being highlighted in grey? It's killing my eyes.
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    Zetterberg to play in Switzerland

    Yeah, but he said he would wait around until Dec to see what happens, then think about it. The fact that he made his decision in early October could be an indication (especially given his PA involvement) that things are not looking good from inside the negotiating room and we're in for a long holdout. I hope I'm wrong though. At least there is this silver lining from mlive: http://www.mlive.com...rberg_st_1.html
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    [Retired] Official Lockout Thread

    Without a league, there would be no lockout. What's your point? The salary cap was instituted to protect the owners from themselves, because they demonstrated they cannot control their spending. Do you believe the PA proposed the salary cap last time which led to a lockout? The cap is not the reason for this lockout, and the salary cap isn't even the core of the negotiations. They're negotiating the definition of HRR and how that revenue will be split between the owners and players. If in any way shape or form the salary cap relates to overspending, it's the cap floor, and some franchises trying to reach the floor will spend more than a player is worth in the process, thus inflating salaries. I'm beginning to think you're not familiar with the core issues about the league, PA, or CBA at all. You just seem to be bashing the PA without any apparent base.
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    Zetterberg to play in Switzerland

    Either the team is paying for it or I think there is a third party helping out on that front: http://www.wingingit...-ev-zug-reports Also: http://www.mlive.com...terberg_si.html
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    Zetterberg to play in Switzerland

    *sigh* Time to start foraging so I can hibernate this winter.
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    [Retired] Official Lockout Thread

    Not when owners can't manage their own business. They are spending well above what they can afford, driving up labor prices. Typically when a business does this in a free market, it folds.
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    [Retired] Official Lockout Thread

    He must be hurting missing his paychecks. The $8 mil he made last year is surely dried up by now. Right? Right?
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    Who can tell me something about the Red Wings

    I can tell you they won't be playing games next weekend. :/
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    [Retired] Official Lockout Thread

    BUT she's the hottest chic in school!
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    [Retired] Official Lockout Thread

    MOTHERf****** f***Sf****** f***ED HOCKEY. f***! That was absolutely necessary for those around me. They are now safe. For one more day.
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    Hudler removed from KHL team, suffers injury

    No good. Especially with all the insurance talk.
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    [Retired] Official Lockout Thread

    No. I'm not advocating for either side in this debate, I am merely pointing out that despite your claims, the league was not willing to negotiate in January despite what they said. You keep bringing it up like it's a viable excuse for the owners locking out the players. I didn't claim anything about the PA or mention anything they said...I don't even have an argument, except that what you are claiming about the leagues willingness to negotiate is false. I don't care who caves or what the CBA looks like or what constitutes HRR or what percentage of 3 billion dollars who gets to get for the next year, or two, or ten. Give me f****** hockey already.