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12-07-2012, 12:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Illinihockey View Post
The owners cancelled the talks and said year limits would "be the hill they die on"....it's the owners that give these freaking deals. If you don't want them, don't give them. It's a small concession and the owners are going to lose a season over it
It is not a small concession, it's huge for the owners.

Look what Vanderbeek's bid could do to the league and the franchise, and one can't really blame him for taking the gamble at the time given what we know now.

Those contracts have to go. I think the players are just using it as leverage.

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