Are NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and NHLPA head Donald Fehr
giving fans the cold shoulder? The league has set a deadline for players to
except their latest proposal or be locked out come 11:59 pm Saturday. One of
the sticking points is the league wants a 6 year deal while the players
association wants 5 years, 3 years plus 2 dependent upon revenue growth. The
NHL set a record for revenue in 2011-12, $3.3 billion. The players want a
bigger piece of the pie and the owners don’t want to share. Remember, Donald
Fehr was also responsible for the MLB strike of 1994 that wiped out the World
Series and created the huge rift with fans that has taken decades to mend. Although
both sides said that they’re open to continue negotiations up till Saturday, it
seems like the NHL season could be put on ice again, freezing out the fans.
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