Hockey's Back... Maybe

air_hog · Post by **air_hog** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 5:52 pm

TORONTO -- The NHL and the NHL Players' Association have agreed on a salary-cap system, eliminating the biggest stumbling block to the resumption of play next season, the Toronto Globe and Mail reported on its Web site Wednesday.

The paper reported that a source close to the owners, and another close to both owners and players, said there would be a team-by-team salary cap, based on a percentage of the revenue of each franchise.

In what is believed to be a six-year agreement, based on revenue projections by both sides, the salary cap will range from $34 million to $36 million, with the floor from $22 million to $24 million.

The league has previously demanded that the cap be 54 percent of a team's revenue.

However, this does not mean that an overall deal on the lockout is imminent. Negotiators for the players and owners are now working on other issues such as salary arbitration and free agency, according to GlobeandMail.com.

"They still have a ways to go," one source told the paper, although with the cap issue settled there is reason to hope a deal can be reached by early July.

NHL vice-president Bill Daly, the league's chief negotiator, declined to confirm or deny reports of a salary-cap deal.

But he did say publicly on Tuesday that negotiators had moved on to other issues, including salary arbitration, free agency, qualifying contract offers and others.

The lockout caused the cancellation of the 2004-05 season.

HOORAY!! Hockey's back!!! C'mon, anyone... 8-[

Gibbs' Hog · Post by **Gibbs' Hog** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 6:00 pm

C - A - P - S, caps, caps, CAPS!!!

Fios · Post by **Fios** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 7:25 pm

Hockey ... hockey ... hmmmm ... nope, doesn't ring a bell

hatsOFF2gibbs · Post by **hatsOFF2gibbs** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 9:54 pm

Hockey's been gone? I never noticed!

Alcatraz · Post by **Alcatraz** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 3:50 pm

Man I havent been interesting in hockey since.....damn I cant remember

Fios · Post by **Fios** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 4:38 pm

Alcatraz wrote:Man I havent been interesting in hockey since.....damn I cant remember

You haven't ever been interesting

Redskins4Life · Post by **Redskins4Life** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 5:10 pm

hockey sucks

Alcatraz · Post by **Alcatraz** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 6:54 pm

Fios wrote:
Alcatraz wrote:Man I havent been interesting in hockey since.....damn I cant remember

You haven't ever been interesting

No I have just cant remember when was the last time I cared about it. Mid to late 90's

Fios · Post by **Fios** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:15 pm

Alcatraz wrote:
Fios wrote:
Alcatraz wrote:Man I havent been interesting in hockey since.....damn I cant remember

You haven't ever been interesting

No I have just cant remember when was the last time I cared about it. Mid to late 90's

You don't know what words mean, do you?

General Failure · Post by **General Failure** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:16 pm

Words are for losers. Alcatraz is all about the cool medium of pantomime.

Alcatraz · Post by **Alcatraz** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:21 pm

Ughhh I hate mimes

General Failure · Post by **General Failure** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:23 pm

It can be very confusing for a boy your age. You want to rebel against traditional family roles, but you're not entirely sure how.

Alcatraz · Post by **Alcatraz** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:27 pm

Like I said in that other post you guys are wierd

Fios · Post by **Fios** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:32 pm

Do you mime that as you're typing it?

General Failure · Post by **General Failure** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:33 pm

He's not actually typing. He's miming sitting at a keyboard and reading this. He's that good!

Fios · Post by **Fios** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:36 pm

Ohhhhhh ... so he mimes thinking as well ... now it makes sense

General Failure · Post by **General Failure** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:37 pm

Yeah. He does that looking up and tapping his finger on his chin thing. It's incredible.

Alcatraz · Post by **Alcatraz** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:37 pm

General Failure · Post by **General Failure** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:38 pm

Bravo!

Fios · Post by **Fios** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:39 pm

Ohhhhhh I don't speak mime

Alcatraz · Post by **Alcatraz** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:40 pm

Where do you guys get this stuff from??

General Failure · Post by **General Failure** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:40 pm

Well, it's not a spoken language.

Fios · Post by **Fios** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:41 pm

Alcatraz wrote:Where do you guys get this stuff from??

This dude who lives like three blocks down from me, don't even worry about the paranoia, that's natural

General Failure · Post by **General Failure** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:41 pm

Alcatraz wrote:Where do you guys get this stuff from??

Get what from?

Alcatraz · Post by **Alcatraz** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:42 pm

Y'all a bunch of wierdos. You do realize that dont ya?