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Originally Posted by Bingo
so you have a large body of examples of how say the Calgary owners have done nothing but evil things to the city of Calgary and their players?
I side with the owners in this because I believe their numbers and think the last CBA ended with more loop holes and salary escalation then either side expected, but I can do so without thinking the players are evil knights in a battle to destroy the game of hockey.
it's a negotiation for Pete's sake
I hope you're not this emotional when you're selling a car.
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i get that and i am not going to make this another CBA thread.
the NHL owners have a pattern of negotiation styles and its hardball my way or the highway for hte most part.
the KHL, the IOC, the PA, heck even ESPN they played hardball with after the last lockout and went to Vs.
this tactic with EDM is another case bordering on bully negotiations with the taxpayers and now that the taxpayers (ie, us fans) are the target of NHL style "negotiations" i see in this thread quite a bit of backlash.
just was pointing out that this is probably how the players feel, not much different than EDM council at the moment.
and no, i am not really that emotional about this and you may have noticed I am no longre posting in the CBA thread because frankly I am tired of the big circles. in this case, just engaging discussion on a message board, hope thats ok!