Newsguyone said:
Dude, that's not how this is going to go down.
The players now got a taste of what Goodenow has been up against.
They may fold or they may say, screw you, Bettman.
I'm not sure.
But if this season is cancelled, teams will start folding and EVERYONE loses.
It's arrogance.
And if you want to believe that the union is the only side messing this up, go right ahead. But get yourself a flashlight, cause it's dark out there.
I am not saying it is just the PA fault here it is also teh Big Teams who are willing to drink Goodenough koolaid. The league has to be about 30 teams not 8 at either spectrum.
The top 8 can't decide but nor can teh bottom 8, but if the deal is so bad that teh team loses the bottom 8 then someone made a bad deal for everyone players included. The league expanded into non traditional markets to try and get a national TV contract and need all 30 markets to make that work.
I hate to say it guys but it won't be the Canadian teams of EDM and Calgary falling when this ship hits the iceberg. Canadian teams will always get teh support, but teams like Pitts, Ana, Car, Buff, atlanta(again), Nashville, Washington will be teh team who fall in this case.
Those teams are sprinked through out the US and as such limit the league in getting national coverage.
Edmonton could continue to tread water at 28-30 million for 6 more years trading away stars and getting prospects back becasue the fans would support them, but US markets wouldn't and as such the league could end up contracting by as much as 1/4 and that would take away players jobs.
Teh real question in all this is how players under the million dollar salary range feel about losing their jobs, because if the leage contracts it would be bottom 5 players on each team who would lose their jobs. Instead of $500k tehy would be making 60k in teh AHL. Tell me how the NHLPA is working for those guys in all this.
Remember in all of this that if it ever comes to a vote everyone in the NHLPA is equal at that time and that would be the only time these sorts of players would get a say.