No he didn't. This is a PR stunt.
If a deal was "so close" the owners wouldn't be leaving. Fehr is putting all this out there so if the owners reject it, they look like the bad guys.
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If a deal was "so close" the owners wouldn't be leaving. Fehr is putting all this out there so if the owners reject it, they look like the bad guys.
Yep. It's in his interest to act like they've made giant steps and the two sides are close. This puts pressure on the NHL to make concessions, and if they don't then the owners will look like they're the ones to blame.
I'm guessing they were trying to play cards before taking the steps they took and realized the NHL was ready to pull away.
ZeroGravity
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The problem is that's completely the opposite of what the PA has done during this entire process.
bonesmccoy
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Sure, but all Fehr did was stand up and describe his side's proposal in the best possible terms.
Let's see how the owners react. I think they did a smart thing staying away from this latest meeting and letting the PA control the information flow to the press. That decision, while it must have annoyed some of the players initially, might actually have been a big old olive branch.
Unless he's outright lying they said they accepted the NHL's last proposal on "transitional payments", and they proposed an 8 year contract limit. Those two things in themselves are pretty big gives. It's obviously not as rosy as Fehr is making it out to be, but it seems as if they're still stepping closer.
We all likely get too high with the good news and too low with the bad news. Fact is, they're still inching closer...The closer they get, the harder it's going to be to throw it all away.
Their backs are against the wall. They know if they toss this deal out and get into a full season lost the deal will end up worse, not better. They need to keep this process going FAR more than the owners do.
I'd just leak the nhlpa proposal
See the key failings of it
Thing is... Fehr says they agree on dollars but not transitions... Which means they don't agree on the money. Transition means rollback or whatever
Wait... Fehr is back on the podium?
wsoxfan1214
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Sure.
wsoxfan1214
Banned
Wtf is going on
apocalidiot
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Is there a video stream of this shit?
They're legitimately negotiating. It's a process. No one is going to get the deal they "want", but they'll find the deal they can all live with.
The fuck podium.
Drama.
He's gonna fuck the podium?
Edit: Should probably cool it with the podium stuff. HFbish is gonna come in here and lay the wood to us.
Nailed it. The owners leaving is more posturing. The owners are drawing a line in the sand. Fehr will continue to try and get the players as much as possible until the final hour. Most reports have said a deal would be done by Saturday to fit in the schedule they want. I don't see why the owners would walk away while there is still time to save the season.
apocalidiot
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I'M FUCKIN TWEAKIN
Freyjadour
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Any streams? I'm not paying for NHLN until a season starts.
I imagine that's the look on most of the players' faces when the two sides are using words with more than 6 letters during negotiations.
apocalidiot
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Sounds like a typical Valentines Day for me
Freyjadour
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Sounds like marriage.
Dubbedinenglish
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WHAT THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO FEEL NOW?
No, that's obviously this:
:lol :lol
Typical Sharks fan. So close yet so far.
I expect just as much from Fehr, actually.
aaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Freyjadour
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Crosby meltdown inc.
bonesmccoy
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But Don, you said the sides were close?
apocalidiot
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Seriously?
BigJonsson
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Oh wtf
Dubbedinenglish
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WTF is going on?
Freyjadour
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KingHenrik30
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just gotta laugh at this point. fuck both of them.