"NHLPA Caves"

NHLPA ACCEPTS CAP $52 millon cap; Bettman says NO!


In a last minute shocker in sudden death overtime for the NHL season, the NHLPA has caved. Faced with the fact that an entire season being wiped out the NHLPA has said they would allow a cap of $52 millon.

This was by far the largest step towards putting this mess behind them, and players back on the ice. HOwever, Bettman arrogantly rejected it, and claims a cap of $40 million or nothing. The fact that the NHLPA did this is big shock, and the fact that Bettman is even dumber than I thought in rejecting this is down right shocking.

Although one wonders, if this deal is any better then the deal sent the NHLPA's way at the end of the last week. This could be huge blunder by Bettman, or perhaps it is just a matter of playing with the money to get it down to this. Perhaps combine a roll back with the cap. I don't know what else the NHLPA can do, Bettman was asking for something. He pretty much got it, now he is telling them to go to hell.

Still there is a slim chance that there could still be a "season". Both sides are clearly freaking out over the thought of the league folding entirely.