The Deadline Has Passed....

[Myers57]

The 11AM deadline has now passed and I haven't heard anything that says whether a deal was reached although ESPN said that no contact was made between the sides since last night...

If the league decoded to set a $45 million cap compromising there 42.5 million stand, an agreemtn might have been reached but so far there is no word...

[TheGhostofJimKelly]

If the players reject the 42.5 cap number they are foolish.

[Uncle Jesse]

They wait for the "No Hockey League" to make is decision is 5mins away...

[pyrrhonist]

Let's put Bettman and Goodenow both in a boat, tied together, and then sink the ship. :winkpunch

[TheGhostofJimKelly]

Let's put Bettman and Goodenow both in a boat, tied together, and then sink the ship. :winkpunch

I think it is wrong to just blame those two knuckleheads. They are just the frontmen. I will say that if the players don't fire Goodenow this summer they will be making another huge mistake.

[pyrrhonist]

You're right, but the quick-trigger fan has to blame someone, no?

In all seriousness, I think the events of these past few days helped to "break" the Union, per se. We got to finally hear many of the players speak their true minds, and many seemed pissed at Goodenow. Perhaps this puts the NHL in the "front" of the negotiations?