Reply With QuoteWell, it's something. I'll take any bit of optimism I can get!
Lockout meetings - reason for optimism?
Call me an optimist, but I'd say that these "secret" meetings going on in Toronto yesterday and this weekend (over the phone) are a great sign.
No posturing, no BS, no press releases. The media didn't even find out until after they had met.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-rt...,4366558.story
Apparently a lot of the owners (not the all-mighty powers like Jeremy Jacobs) are po'd about the lockout and don't want to miss any hockey - especially with so much money on the table.
Well, it's something. I'll take any bit of optimism I can get!
Optimist in me hopes so. Realist doesn't want to get hopes up and then crushed
16 Team, 50 Player Capped ($75m) Keeper (Overall Fantasy Points). 12F, 6D, 1G Active
Scoring - G, A, PPG/A, +/-, SHG/A, W, SO, (GA bonus's)
F - T. Johnson, Galchenyuk, Nyquist, A. Lee, Radulov, Nelson, Neal, Sharp, Atkinson, Ribeiro, Ryan, Staal, (Donskoi, Eller, Colbourne, Vermette, Rodin)
D - Burns, Klingberg, Gohstisbehere, Weber, Parayko, Braun
G - Allen (Luongo)
Farm
F - Mantha, Wilson, Fast, Tolchinsky, Bracco, Merkley, Malgin, Novak, N. Paul, K. Roy, Maroon, Laughton, Lindberg
D - DeAngelo, Sproul, Clendening, Trouba, Weircioch
It's at least a positive in that they're talking. No cameras, no press conferences gets all the distracting BS out of the way so real work can be done.
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I was thrilled to hear about these meetings. I think this is definitely a good sign. Too bad the first two weeks have already been cancelled, but hopefully the lockout won't go beyond that.
12 team, H2H, salary cap
1 pt/G or A, 2 pts/W, 1 pt/OTL, 1 pt/SO
Forward: B. Point, M. Necas, A. Debrincat, T. Zegras, J. Bratt, L. Raymond
Defense: J. Morrissey, A. DeAngelo, S. Gostisbehere, D. Doughty
Goalie: T. Demko, E. Merzlikins
Bench: M. Rossi, C. Glass, M. Maccelli, M. Dumba, K. Shattenkirk, F. Andersen
Prospects of Note: L. Stankoven, J. Lekkerimaki, D. Yurov, B. Clarke
League has been running continuously since 1997-98
It can't be a bad thing.
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Let's just be happy they are acually meeting.. If you remember the last lockout, they didn't speak..
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My gut tells me there will be a resolution to this. Looking at the #'s that have been released to media, the gap isnt as far as most think. It was worse last time.
The reason why I am a bit optimistic is because if one side is coming in ready to cave in a bit they wouldn't be running to the media to announce it ahead of time.
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Makes sense. Owner's love making money, but hate losing it.
League:Fantrax 18 Team Dynasty, H2H (4C, 8W, 6D, 1G)
Cats:G, A, GWG, PPP, SHP, SOG, H+B, FOW, S, SV%, W, GAA
C: Backstrom,Giroux,MacKinnon,Seguin
W: D.Brown,Hartnell,Hossa,P.Kane
Kesler,Marleau,Perron,Zibanejad
D: Boyle,Del Zotto,Doughty,D.Hamilton,Hedman,Markov
G: Rinne
Bench: Braun,Comeau, Demers,DeHaan,Polak,Stempniak,Wingels --Fleury
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In short, both sides expressing to each other that it's time to compromise
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5 OctPierre LeBrun@Real_ESPNLeBrun
Told that NHL strongly urged NHLPA in meeting today to come up with new offer. In turn, NHLPA also asked league to come up with new offer...
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never a bad thing to hear, they want to get this done
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F- , P. Kane,Eichel, DeBrincat, Kopitar, Wheeler, Kuznetsov, Point, Huberdeau, Verhaghe, Bergeron,Keller, Batherson, Schmaltz, W.Nylander, Buchnevich,Rantanen
D- Makar, Gostisbehere, Carlson, Burns, Barrie, M. Rielly, Hronek, DeAngelo, KA Miller
G- Vasilevskyi, Sorokin, Campbell, Markstrom
Farm: Lundell, Guenther, Holtz, Glass, E. Svechnikov, Denisenko, Newhook, Heponiemi, Lauko,Neighbours, Bokk N. Foote, Borgstrom, Dahlen, Bokk, S. Poulin, Zelleweger, Liljegren, Heinola, Perunovich, S. Knight.
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