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    Bettman will not be fired until a deal is reached. But if the deal happens behind his back then he could resign.


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    Quote Originally Posted by ericdaoust View Post
    Bettman will not be fired until a deal is reached. But if the deal happens behind his back then he could resign.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ericdaoust View Post
    Bettman will not be fired until a deal is reached. But if the deal happens behind his back then he could resign.
    Bettman has already made plans to move onto greener pastures. He's lacing up his boots to star as an Ewok in Star Wars VII due out in '15.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Call of Doughty View Post
    Bettman has already made plans to move onto greener pastures. He's lacing up his boots to star as an Ewok in Star Wars VII due out in '15.
    He has been constantly pitching the idea of playing the part of Darth Vader's resurrection but he always delays the contract talks by asking for additional money aside from the terms on the contract.


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    Quote Originally Posted by ericdaoust View Post
    He has been constantly pitching the idea of playing the part of Darth Vader's resurrection but he always delays the contract talks by asking for additional money aside from the terms on the contract.
    He's too short for Darth Vader. Ewok, Yoda or he could curl up in the fetal position and play one of Princess Leia's hairbuns.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ericdaoust View Post
    He has been constantly pitching the idea of playing the part of Darth Vader's resurrection but he always delays the contract talks by asking for additional money aside from the terms on the contract.
    So, Lone Star, now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bomm Bastic View Post
    So, Lone Star, now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb.
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    Unfortunately it seems fair to say that Mr Burton jumped the gun here like everyone thought he did. There was no deal in place and still isn't.

    My guess is he got word that the league was looking to get a deal done with the Dec 1 date having passed and interpreted that as a deal IS going to get done.

    Things could still happen at this point but it seems just as likely that the whole thing goes off the rails right now as well.

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    The deal is done, this is just for show. Steve Fehr bringing out pizza was icing on the cake.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Ev View Post
    The deal is done, this is just for show. Steve Fehr bringing out pizza was icing on the cake.
    I find it hard to believe that they are still meeting just for show. Every source out there says they haven't yet agreed on the key money issue and will be addressing this today. Anything can happen during today's negotiation, since money is at stake and human greed is insatiable.
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    Quote Originally Posted by VincentVega View Post
    I find it hard to believe that they are still meeting just for show. Every source out there says they haven't yet agreed on the key money issue and will be addressing this today. Anything can happen during today's negotiation, since money is at stake and human greed is insatiable.
    The pizza delivery thing from Steve Fehr was a stunt to test out what the NHL will give fans to entice them to come back.


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    Quote Originally Posted by VincentVega View Post
    I find it hard to believe that they are still meeting just for show. Every source out there says they haven't yet agreed on the key money issue and will be addressing this today. Anything can happen during today's negotiation, since money is at stake and human greed is insatiable.
    It was a joke.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Ev View Post
    It was a joke.
    Ha, I thought you were serious.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Ev View Post
    The deal is done, this is just for show. Steve Fehr bringing out pizza was icing on the cake.
    lol...they're all chillin' in a conference room right now; smoking stogies, strippers dancin' on the 20' conference table, sippin' single malt scotch from over-sized snifters, self-congratulatory back-slapping one another.

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    From what I am currently reading on Twitter, foolish is the word I am thinking right now for Steve Burton. Talks have fallen off the rails tonight. To quote Bob Mackenzie, catastrophic.
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