î мцšт вяздк чфµ Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drybone Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 i am not with the players this time. The owners own the NHL. They own the Stanley cup. Sooner or later , they cant accept 43% of their own revenue. Its ridiculous. If the NHLPA wants money that bad, they can go start up a WHA and see how easy it is to build arenas, lobby for funds, market to fans keep fans , carry failing franchises.......... I think the NHL should give the NHLPA a deadline to make a deal and if they dont, fire them all. Call up players who renounce the union and want to play in the NHL. Give them the 5 million a year. I am pretty sure they will get plenty of applications. It wont take long to replenish the talent pool from the draft . Within a year most of the fired NHL stars will be whining to get back into the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangelos Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 It's all greed. The players are greedy. Guys like Kovalchuk, Crosby or Weber would NEVER have signed for a reasonable 5 year contract, and owners are stupidly greedy as they are complaining about the long term contracts that they're handing out to begin with. Go figure. But ultimately it comes down to the players. It's really sad to see greed overcome their love for the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckNORRIS4Cup Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 1995 Gary Bettman being booed and yelled at by New Jersey Fans, for possibly moving the New Jersey Devils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigturk8 Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 thing is he is not the puppet of all the owners he is the puppet of the select few he makes happy does he not only need 8 of the 30 owners behind him to make anything happen? this could make lots of other owners unhappy but as long as he has the select few with him he can do whatever he or they feel is needed. do you really think the Canucks owners care about rolling back on contracts they signed. No i am pretty sure they have stated all they care about is winning the CUP., there are teams that have owners that will do eveything to make there players better/happier/healthier above and beyond there paychecks. just like an employer that offers a great benifits package and or bonuses.. do they need to do that ? do i make 1/24 what my boss makes no our paychecks are pretty close , do i make 1/24 of what the owners make probably more like 1/50 if even that. and that is probably the same for anyone who works for anything other then a small business i work for a small company but that small company is owned by a large company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. White Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 The guy is a dweeb. I hate him. They should have someone who actually gives a s*** about hockey for that job, not some money whoring idiot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckNORRIS4Cup Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Funny how Bettman makes more money than 80% of the NHL players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 do you really think the Canucks owners care about rolling back on contracts they signed. No i am pretty sure they have stated all they care about is winning the CUP., Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry_Wilkins Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Unless you believe that what Bettman said is an outright lie, then you have to go with the fact that the lockout vote was unanimous... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamero89 Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 1000 games missed because of him. Does he really wonder why he gets more booes than the other 3 major league commissionaires combined? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dral Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 i'm not bettman's #1 fan but i fail to see how he gets blame for this. players are employees, they already make a boatload of money as is. the owners/investors/etc... at one point had to take a risk/investment to make a succesful return. i don't see the logic in the players wanting 50/50 or whatever from profits. compare your job to your boss, do you make 50/50 with him/her? F NO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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