NHL cancels some games; Briere, Giroux playing in Germany
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NHL cancels some games; Briere, Giroux playing in Germany
Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer
The NHL on Thursday canceled games from Oct. 11 to 24 because of the lockout, which is expected to linger.
For the Flyers, that erases four games _ at home against Boston, Pittsburgh and Winnipeg, and on the road against the New York Islanders.
Maybe it's time the lead negotiators _ NHL commish Gary Bettman and NHLPA boss Donald Fehr _ are replaced by a season-ticket holder from two teams?
Hey, they couldn't do worse. Bettman and Fehr have shut down a league with record revenues and an NBC TV deal. That's hard to do.
Meanwhile, Danny Brriere and Claude Giroux have decided to play in Germany and will become the sixth and seventh Flyers to play overseas.
The others: Wayne Simmonds, Ilya Bryzgalov, Jake Voracek, Ruslan Fedotenko and Matt Read.
The owner-imposed NHL lockout has reached 19 days. And counting. Both sides aren't budging on their positions, and this isn't going to end any time soon.
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Comments (12)
don't get hurt! have a good time boys.— azguz
Ja, das ist richtig! Gehen zie zum Oktoberfest.— fentonhardy- Is it me, or does Danny B seem a little co-dependant?
— Neebo - If Briere is headed out that means we probably won't have hockey for over a year.— ChrisM
- Danny has to do what is best of his children. Now that he is a single father. Plus he wanted to give it sometime to see if there would be any real progress made before he made amove to go play in Germany or any place else. Letshope that things get going and we have aseason soon. Also lets hope our guys do not get hurt playing over there too!— srcdaddy1216
- No Kidding! It's not hard to see absolutely nothing will get done until both sides are losing their arses. I believe the NHL will not sacrifice the Winter Classic so I look for negotiations to complete around early December. But this could easily be another lost year to an asinine league and PA.— PhillySubsMac
- A lot of things make one scratch their head thinking about this situation. How could the last deal in 04 be so far off the mark causing such a dramatic difference between the two sides? Tells me it wasn't done well, and that one took a year. Another thing is who is accountable for why the existing environment is not satisfactory for the owners? Do the players decide on new franchises, cities and owners? They have no control, yet they are locked out. It'll be interesting to see what new rules will be circumvented to sign free agents.— Danno
- The mistake they made last time was not allowing for growth. They expected revenue to drop initially, and then grow much more slowly. The problem is that revenue jump has mostly been enjoyed by the perennial contenders (Detroit, Philly), Canadians (Toronto, Montreal) and the teams that brought the bandwagon back (Chicago, Pittsburgh, Boston). Unfortunately, the fantastic growth overall has hurt the bottom line of the teams in small and weak markets. The salary floor now is over the original cap, and the bad teams are hurting.
The problem this time is that both sides recognise that, but have different solutions. The owners don't want more revenue sharing, so they want the players to give back 8 years of raises to get to the numbers the owners want, so the weak teams stop losing money, and the rich teams make even more. Their proposal would have the players giving up over a billion dollars over 6 years, and drop the cap to 50 million dollars.
The players are trying to hold on to their raises from the past cba, and offering to take smaller increases going forward to move the revenue split in the owners direction.— Pelti - "The mistake they made last time was not allowing for growth. They expected revenue to drop initially, and then grow much more slowly."
Pelti, you hit the nail on the head.
The owners thought they were suckering the players when they sold them on the idea of accepting 24% pay cuts in exchange for 57% of GROWTH in HRR. When it grew by $1.3 billion USD the owners realized that the players made back the 24% cut and then some.
It doesn't matter to the owners that they (the owners) made 43% of that $1.3 billion (i.e. they made more than they did in 2003-2004), they only care that their attempt to sucker the players backfired. That is mind-numbing greed on the part of the owners.— backhand - I simply no longer care what they do (players or owners). At an average cost of $330 for a family of four, they can go kick rocks. I will find better ways to spend that money and time.— D_Ave
- The Players are stupid. They only have a short time to play and are the losers anyway you slice it. What business owner gives 50% of the revenue to the workers when they take the risk, pay all the insurances and what little is remaining. Bring up the AHL players and lets play. The Name on the Front of the jersey is always more important than the one on the BACK!— NYYFlyerfan
- The owners take all the risk? Are you smoking something? What owner risks concussion, blindness, or permanent disability? Let's face it -- good businessmen are a dime a dozen compared to NHL-quality athletes. The players SHOULD get the lion's share of the money.— janiscortese
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