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A Few Owners Pushing for This Proposal... Update 12:45am A Player responds: |
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Hey all. Well, this storm sure is beating the crap out of my town but we are not getting hit nearly as bad as some other areas. Prayers go out to those friends at the shore, where the Atlantic City and Ocean City boardwalks are collapsing in sections.
Anyway, I am without power, but the show must go on. Thanks to iPads with LTE, I can update the blog quickly, with what is a rather interesting development.
I have been hearing for a few days now that some of the NHL owners were working on a new concept and now I am finally allowed to go with it "on the record."
The concept is essentially a hybrid of three different offers....i.e., a way of getting a soft landing to 50% but also assuring the current contracts will be basically paid by using a concept of a hard number versus a percentage.
The deal would see the NHL keep the salary limit where it was last season ($1.8 billion) this season and next season and every season forward UNTIL the NHL revenues exceed $3.6 billion, at which time the players salaries would then go to a 50/50 split of hockey-related revenues. By guaranteeing the 1.8 (prorated for this season) the owners are showing they are willing to make whole on the contracts themselves. A big step forward for sure..
Essentially, it would be a deal where the player-share percentages go from 57 to 54 to 52 to 50 but without the NHL side actually saying that's what they're doing.
I hope that makes sense. I'm turning off the iPad for a bit to conserve power.
UPDATE 12:45am: I just got an EXTREMELY interesting text from an influential player.."If the owners come with the deal in your latest blog and Fehr does not take it we will make him. It is the offer to take..no question."
More to come....
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