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Originally Posted by nik-
I supported the owners in the first lockout and I've supported the players since.
The owners and GMs are morons and this is their mess.
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I have to disagree.
The owners and GMs are doing exactly what is in their nature and leveraging anything and everything the can to their advantage.
In the Boardroom these guys are all on the same team. Once they step out of that boardroom however they are competing against each other all the time.
You can bitch and moan about the GM and owners handing out stupid contracts, and thats very valid, but those people feel thats the best thing to do for their team at that moment in accordance with their own particular criteria. We're all very aware that each team and manager has a different set of directives from their ownership.
In that respect it makes a lot of sense to level the playing field from a managerial standpoint and remove certain incentives that offer unfair advantages to some franchises depending on their unique circumstances.
Its really not much different than making laws to save some people from themselves.
Personally, I really like the structure that the NHL has. Out of all the sports it seems like the most thorough and orderly especially when compared to the sheer anarchy that is World Soccer.