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Master Ahnk
1  7:56pm 16/02/05        
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Bettman calls off NHL season
From this moment on, the 2004-2005 NHL season will be marked with an asterisk and caption that simply reads "Season Cancelled." A tumultuous 48-hour period which saw both sides break down major barriers in labour talks was not enough as commissioner Gary Bettman officially announced the cancellation of the rest of the season.

http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?ID=115133&hubName=nhl

It's unfortunate because the players capitalated the salary cap. The end differnce was pride, ultimately, as both might have settled somewhere between the two numbers... but both played chicken and assumed the other would cave.

Next step: To W for Union Smashing and Scab Hiring.
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Zell
2  8:53pm 16/02/05        
Fat Rooster
Ya too little too late... the players finally agreed to a salary cap, albeit not as low as the owners wanted but it was too late for them to be able to negotiate..
milkshake
3  10:37pm 16/02/05        
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Jedi Masterwan ... ... Shaken, Not Stirred
Wait? The NHL season has been canceled??

Isn't that.. A big deal??

Is this a joke?
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Theren Gevel
4  11:23pm 16/02/05        
friend of the sleeping pill
It amazes me that there are people in this world who care about anything but drugs.
DolashXP
5  11:38pm 16/02/05        
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Personally, I am amazed there are people who care at all about drugs.
Theren Gevel
6  1:21am 17/02/05        
friend of the sleeping pill
Don't know why.
Vodo Baas
7  2:26am 17/02/05        
ad astra per aspera
Beat me too it, Ahnk.

Yes. The Players wanted a $52 mil US Cap, the owners offered 42.5...
milkshake
8  3:25am 17/02/05        
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Jedi Masterwan ... ... Shaken, Not Stirred
HA!! A MEASLY 42 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR????? WHO WOULD EVER WORK FOR THAT?!?!?!??!?
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Master Ahnk
9  4:17am 17/02/05        
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milkshake:
HA!! A MEASLY 42 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR????? WHO WOULD EVER WORK FOR THAT?!?!?!??!?

That's 42/30=1.4 million dollars. That's a cutback of $400,000 a year, on average.

While it's a lot of money, they're willing to sacrifice a lot of money. Rumor is anyway the deal would have been $44 if both sides hadn't been so damn proud and full of themselves.

As an aside, the NFL salary cap is $80 million, I believe, if you guys want to bash overpaid atheletes.
OS: In a world of bon-bons, you are a twinkie.
Ahnk: God damn you, I am Count Chocula and you know it.
I'm not spending my anniversary night thumping my head against the wall. - Damalis, on Moderating TRF
Then tell him you want it harder, damnit! - Ahnk, on Damalis
Vodo Baas
10  4:28am 17/02/05        
ad astra per aspera
Milkshake, thats not $42,000,000 a player. It's $42,000,000 for the entire team salary.

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