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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
The offer sheet concerns you mention may change the dynamic of how teams operate, but financially the maximum costs for a roster are untouched.
You're basing your Olympic participation argument on theory, the fact is pausing the season does not in any way reduce the earning potential of the league. If the league is actually ever able to make a decent deal with the IOC they could actually profit financially from participation.
The PA fought hard for a 50% share of HRR? They gave up 7%.
As a fan you may consider the current system to be working well, but the players disagree, and since this is their contract I think their opinion carries a little more weight than any of ours does.
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Of course this is a fan's opinion, it was never couched any other way. As for the Olympics, this fan's opinion is based on the fact that the NHL owners are not interested in attending. I give that significant weight, as I don't think they are operating against their own interests. Perhaps there is a better deal to be had with IOC, but those parties have so far failed to reach that deal.
In my view, the parties should be working on building HRR, increasing the pie, rather than slicing it in different ways.