Leafs Abroad: Kulemin, Komarov, Grabovski coping well with lockout

Yes I did. I’m not sure what point you’re making. Was the sport hurt by a labour stoppage? Yes. No big news there. But it started climbing back immediately.

it took 12 yrs to get back to the same gate levels it enjoyed before . My point is simple . The labour peace thy now enjoy is because both side realized the damage they were doing rather then some magic pill that Don Ferhr came up with .

Thats hilarious. Just when you think the NHL couldn’t be subjected to more ridicule, it openS the door to every quasi comedian in NA

Marvin Miller forced all pro sports out off the dark ages. That why restrictions on contract length and mobility are such points of contention

The NHL HAS THEIR CAP AND 50/50 revenue split. Now they want to start stepping back into the dark ages when it comes to contract rights.

Jimmy D,S cattle comments are more indicative of how the hawks feel than people realize

No, tomorrow and Sunday.

BB, the owners hired an asshole to represent them 20 years ago. Now they have their panties in a bunch, because the players hired a bigger asshole to represent them

What goes around comes around. I dont have much sympathy for the players, but none for the owners

Hence why the PA is fighitng so hard because those guys are the bread and butter

It doesn’t really limit their earning potential to limit their contracts from the 10 year range to 7 years though.  It just means that if you want those star players, you’ll have to pay for it on the cap.

Yea, well I can see why with the long history of bad blood between the two sides, but I really think that’s all largely a thing of the past.  I see this as a legitimate way to better the product.  This would stop teams from stacking their rosters and encourage UFAs to test the market and see if anyone is willing to commit a bigger chunk of cap to them. I could definitely be wrong, because the 7yr for own team thing might ruin it, but I see this as potentially reviving free agency – which in and of itself is a huge boost for the league.  

There aren’t any Knights in shinning armour involved in this one for sure.

They are too close to let this fall through the cracks. But the animosity is building 

and  is  poisoning the whole process.

Agreed, they need to make player movement an actual occurance once again. Those big deals and such make the fan base of each team take notice and in turn sell jerseys etc.

Right, but there are tons of teams that would love to sign a big UFA and just haven’t been able to.  Boo hoo, your first options of Detroit, NY and whoever the cup favorite is are too stacked to add you at a salary that you like – then go to fucking Calgary, or Edmonton, or Winnipeg, or Colorado, or the Island, or hell…Toronto.