Having received a final offer with a salary cap of $42.5 million from the NHL, Bob Goodenow and the NHLPA are making a counteroffer in the form of a public letter (Acrobat Reader required) to the league and Commissioner Gary Bettman:
Dear Gary,Yesterday afternoon, Bill Daly presented us with an offer from the League that, for the first time, was not linked to League-wide revenues.
That last sparkle of life is showing up… everyone cross their fingers!
Split The Difference, You Fools
All it took was a press conference scheduling announcement to blow things wide open, apparently. The NHL and NHLPA have been offering, final-offering and counter-offering all day, following the NHLPA’s agreement to a salary cap not linked to leaguewide…
More letters exchanged. Don’t get hopeful anyone.
Eric, the article I posted was before any of the stuff that happened yesterday and I admittedly am out of the loop a bit because of personal things going on in my life so I haven’t looked at things as closely as I should have the last week plus.
I do blame the players themselves for turning a blind eye ane letting the businessmen take care of the business…. But the actions of yesterday really make that post more outdated than it was — I would have been better off publishing it last month.