So reports THE HOCKEY NEWS.
http://www.tsn.ca/Nhl/news_story.asp?ID=115396&hubName=nhl
The Score is now reporting a deal in principle has been reached.
WHEW!
I don't know what I would have done if we went a full day without a post on the NHL labor situation ;-)
::banana::
The most appropriate use of the dancing banana ever?
;)
When I saw this topic, I could not figure out which college hockey team's season could be saved. I suppose anyone (except Hockey East #9) could run the table win their league title and then have a 4 game win streak....
Oh boy, the NHL season may have been saved. And this changes my life how?
WFAN in New York indicated that the cap would be $45 million, with a 100% luxury tax for team salaries above $42.5 million.
Various other sources, including one from the NHL and PA confirming an agreement on a 45M CAP. Now this doesnt mean a deal is done, just that the most difficult part of it is. Rumors circulating that former PA President Mike Gartner has replaced Bob Goodenow as the defacto Chairman.
Interesting... I just heard someone on ESPN Radio denying these rumors.
I hope the season can still be saved...
Well for what it's worth E.J. Hradek, the head hockey guy at ESPN, has confirmed them.
Well I take little into the players answer to the question.
For goodness sakes, it took some of them over a week to realize that the players union agreed to the salary cap. I think the only ppl that know for sure are the ppl in NY.
Hopefully this is true, because even a short season is better than cancelling the season as a whole.