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Thank goodness for Kings hockey again! I'm bummed that we had to take such a long break, and I hope it doesn't impact our team's momentum coming off of that amazing playoff! Can't wait till the schedule is out and I can buy some tickets!
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can someone tldr the reasons for the lockout
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Cant wait till the canucks win the cup this year!
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Re:a176
Contract dispute.
Couple of things in dispute, mostly the "salary cap" and a couple of things relating to it. For instance player contracts that got around the cap by paying a much larger amount some years then a lower amount and revenue sharing between teams/players to help the competitiveness of the league and the profitability in general of several teams.
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Of course he hasn't. :o
a176 I rather not because the whole thing was stupid. Several papers have made a timeline of the lockout for when it started to when it ended. It's pretty to the point if you ask me, so I'd did those up to get a better perspective if you really want the nitty gritty. It was a win for the players in the end.
On January 09 2013 10:54 Kojak21 wrote:
Cant wait till the canucks win the cup this year!
I'd like to see what teams are in good condition first before I start making predictions atm.
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The main thing was how the revenue is split. It's a bit more complicated than salary cap (though it technically is the heart of it).
The salary cap is derived from league revenue. In the last cba, the players got 57% (I think this included salary cap, as well as pensions, travel expenses and all that shit). The league's goal was to get this number way down, especially since other leagues (NFL, NBA) just successfully did this. They got them to a 50-50 split.
This was the core issue at play here.
Secondary issues were contract lengths, RFA rules (arbitration, entry level contracts, rfa age, etc), salary deviation year to year (IE. contracts that go from $12m in year 1 to $4m in year 2 to knock down the cost), reshaping the definition of hockey related revenue (if an owner owns the building and concession stands, this did not previously count in HRR), pensions, escrow... that's mostly it.
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lawl, what a weird timing for this.
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Whoah, was not expecting to read that! Such strange timing for the decision, even if it is needed.
Still not sure why they are trying to snag Luongo, I think he is pretty overrated.
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On January 10 2013 03:09 Taku wrote:
lawl, what a weird timing for this.
a little but the only thing i can think of is that this was gonna go down earlier but the impending lockout kind of scared them off
im sure the logic was that he is a gambler, and that I could totally see Burkie mortgaging picks/prospects for Lu's horrid contract and some other overrated dude for an 8 seed and 1st round sweep. only to get demolished the following season when a full season worth negatives luck and variance
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Burke and Ownership had a complete disagreement on a big move he wanted to make or "not make".
That is why this is such an odd timing.
Burke wanted to do the opposite of whatever the biggest move his replacement replacement engages in.
Nonis takes over on an interim basis.
the NASL Sound guy is at the press conference.
I can't wait to hear Don Cherry's comments on HNIC!
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Anytime you have new ownership. Things like this are going to happen. Burkie was on a tight lease for a long time. Looks like we're going to see some movement like they're implying, lol. Let the circus begin! >_<
DO NOT GET ROBERTO! -__-
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On January 10 2013 03:19 jakethesnake wrote:Whoah, was not expecting to read that! Such strange timing for the decision, even if it is needed. Still not sure why they are trying to snag Luongo, I think he is pretty overrated.
Luongo is great during the regular season and what that team needs is playoff appearances.
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it would be so leafs if burkie was actually resisting the urge for lu and the new gm turned around and took on that contract haha. With the new cba rules about 8+yr contracts counting against the cap eveen in retirement only a fuckin idiot would take that on even for free.
The only way it would ever make sense is if the team taking him was like a perennial conference champ a goalie away from getting over the hump. The leafs are still very far away from just being a regular low seed team
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Can't wait for Brian Burke to become GM on a new team so that Dave Nonis can get fired and go be assistant GM under Burke again. THE CYCLE CONTINUES.
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So Luongo to the Leafs for Tyler Bozak and picks??
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So from what I'm reading on the internet, there's pleeeeeeeenty of interest in Luongo to go around \o/
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I'd like to see what teams are in good condition first before I start making predictions atm.
I'm not saying we'll win the cup, but I am saying I'm anxiously looking forward to seeing how the King's play since we kept our entire roster after winning the cup.
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