Hm... maybe?
NHL's new offer shows signs of compromise
The Canadian Press is reporting the NHL's labour talks resumed at 4:30 p.m. ET at an undisclosed location in New York.
Sportsnet.ca -- With hopes of salvaging a season dwindling away, the NHL is showing signs of compromise. Sources told Sportsnet that a luxury tax will be included in a proposal the league intends to present to the NHL Players' Association no later than Friday.
While the new offer still contains some form of salary cap, sources told Sportsnet hockey analyst John Davidson the league is being more flexible by introducing the tax to a soft and hard cap system.
Sources said the proposal will include floor and ceiling numbers that will serve as a boundary for NHL teams to spend within -- the top side being the hard cap. A soft cap would be set somewhere in between the two and teams willing to go above that number (without exceeding the the hard cap) would have to pay a tax.
What appears to be a starting point for a new direction of negotiations, the offer should provide the NHL and its players' association with a system they can use to build towards a workable solution. ...
The Canadian Press is reporting the NHL's labour talks resumed at 4:30 p.m. ET at an undisclosed location in New York.
Sportsnet.ca -- With hopes of salvaging a season dwindling away, the NHL is showing signs of compromise. Sources told Sportsnet that a luxury tax will be included in a proposal the league intends to present to the NHL Players' Association no later than Friday.
While the new offer still contains some form of salary cap, sources told Sportsnet hockey analyst John Davidson the league is being more flexible by introducing the tax to a soft and hard cap system.
Sources said the proposal will include floor and ceiling numbers that will serve as a boundary for NHL teams to spend within -- the top side being the hard cap. A soft cap would be set somewhere in between the two and teams willing to go above that number (without exceeding the the hard cap) would have to pay a tax.
What appears to be a starting point for a new direction of negotiations, the offer should provide the NHL and its players' association with a system they can use to build towards a workable solution. ...
