NHLPA should opt for salary inflator

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The 2010-11 cap crunch facing the Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks and their big-market brethren will be more severe than believed if the Escrow Hawks within the NHLPA carry the day and the balloting when the 30 player reps vote on whether to trigger the five-percent inflator at the union's June 21 meeting in Chicago.

Following a round of PA conference calls conducted during the week, a half-dozen player reps and engaged union members told Slap Shots that the outcome of the vote appears too close to call, though one veteran suggested he thought it remains more likely than not that the union will hold to precedent and enact the five-percent bump.

If the union votes it down, next season's cap will all but certainly go down, too, a first for the league that is coming off a blockbuster playoffs. If the cap would increase approximately $2M to $58.8M including the bump, as Gary Bettman has previously suggested, it appears as if the cap would shrink to approximately $56M if the player reps become consumed with limiting escrow while missing the bigger picture.

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Once again the folks that do not suit up in the games are the ones controlling the outcome! We have a great sport, but the ones at the top seem to think they are running a pyramid scheme, and they continue to screw the games biggest asset; the fans!