@dstaples: #NHL insider Doug MacLean reports Bettman intended to grind down players until Dec. 1, then get a deal done. http://t.co/dWzgVorK #Oilers
If this was planned this way the whole time, I'm calling for blood. Intentionally missing months of the season just to prove a point is not negotiating in good faith, and it's borderline criminal.
Again the pathetic thing is that they're actually talking. If everyone was quiet from September to December like the last time, then I could understand. This is beyond pathetic as they've been consistently talking, and spinning wheels here.
Not much talk about Burton since this ship sank. Wonder if he was fed BS, or maybe Jacobs, or his people told him this cause he thought this was a deal the players couldn't refuse. Until Fehr walked in.
Not much talk about Burton since this ship sank. Wonder if he was fed BS, or maybe Jacobs, or his people told him this cause he thought this was a deal the players couldn't refuse. Until Fehr walked in.
Or it was pure "educated guess", as many make untill proven wrong.
Like "Flyers in 5" ... "Rangers in 6" ...
Ya know.
Or it was pure "educated guess", as many make untill proven wrong.
Like "Flyers in 5" ... "Rangers in 6" ...
Ya know.
He seems credible. Of course there is a chance he made it up. Though I'd say either his sources fed him disinformation, or Jacobs people told him this cause they thought they were giving the players a deal they couldn't refuse. They wouldn't have refused until Fehr told them to which we've already heard from one player.
lol I can't believe most of us thought this would be settled before the last minute. We should have known better. I thought it would either be before the Winter Classic or not at all, and I think others thought that way too. I was just surprised how early 'that' deadline was.
