Scooter Chronicles

WOW!!!

It appears that the players mean some business. They have offered a 24% roll back on current salaries! Yes, this is a one time thing, and doesn’t guarantee that salaries won’t skyrocket again. But it is one heck of a start. And the players proposal includes a graduated luxury tax.

Gary Bettman has already said that this is not cost certainty as the owners are looking for. But this is something they seem to be willing to further expound upon. They have canceled tomorrows session, but only pushed it back to next Tuesday. This way they can think things over and go from there.

This seems promising but again, if the owners just won’t give in to their $31 million salary cap demands, I...

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— UPDATED (I had some of the numbers wrong) —

Today the NHLPA and the NHL owners sit down and start talking. This will be the first time since September 9th that the two sides will talk. Two days are set aside for this, but it has been reported that if things don’t go well today, the second day (Friday) will be canceled.

The rumors floating around are that the Players’ Union proposal is a major upgrade to the owners side from the last one. The original proposal included a luxury tax that made teams pay 25 cents for every dollar they spend over $50 million in player salaries. This also included a one time player salary rollback of 7%. The new proposal is rumored to make the luxury...

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