Comments on: CBA A Good Thing????

By: bruinexpert

bruinexpert — Sat, 13 Dec 2003 12:59:00 +0000

Daigle may be a bad example these days

By: bruinexpert

bruinexpert — Sat, 13 Dec 2003 12:58:05 +0000

last time i did not receive a piece

By: FlyersGoCupCrazy

FlyersGoCupCrazy — Sat, 13 Dec 2003 10:54:41 +0000

Yes, top 5 picks are always superstars like Forsberg, they’re never flops like Alexander Daigle.

By: WeztCoazt1

WeztCoazt1 — Sat, 13 Dec 2003 02:40:58 +0000

What was this article all about? Totally off subject but to get back on to the subject of the CBA. If anything, the players & owners will probably settle on a Salary cap...maybe a soft one but at least their will be one in place with enough loop holes to appease everyone.

Perhaps create a category called "Franchise Player" then you can designate someone from your roster that title & pay them top $$$ & the remainder of the team falls into the salary cap. I say a cap of $40mm is decent.

The biggest worry is not the CBA though, my biggest fear is that the NHL will not get any National Coverage or any coverage for that matter in the U.S. That's the biggest fear to me. If Bettman can't find a major U.S. Network to carry games then the NHL is done. Cooked! The NHL needs to adopt what the NFL has, regional coverage but offer it like the CBC does & pick a night...say Sunday night for instance & show NHL games but regionally so that you can attract as many fans as possible.

Another big thing is to contract the league to say 24 teams. Reduce the schedule to 74 games (Format as such:

6 divisions - 4 teams/division

play division team 6x3 = 18 games

play conference team 4x8 = 32 games

play out of conference teams 2x12 = 24

It allows the players better rest, shorter sched. & more rest for the offseason. Hopefully this makes for more competitive hockey too as not so many borderline NHL players will be entering the league.

If bettman can sign a lucrative tv contract, that may help appease the owners for loss of some regular season games.

Thoughts anyone?

By: bruinexpert

bruinexpert — Sat, 13 Dec 2003 00:57:51 +0000

Zehrdev is SICK!!! 3 points in his 1st game, one of them getting called back…it was IN and i’m therefore counting it! then he got robbed on a breakaway…imagine a hat trick in your 1st NHL game! that’s like Lebron almost getting a triple double in his first, he was so close

By: bruinexpert

bruinexpert — Sat, 13 Dec 2003 00:54:22 +0000

I celebrate his entire catalogue

By: wingedim

wingedim — Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:43:25 +0000

Zherdev has not been playing alongside Nash though. He's been playing the 3rd line w/Malhotra and 2nd line Powerplay.

If he'd been playing from day 1, I don't think he'd be top line either. Possibly Second along side Sanderson.

By: Lint07

Lint07 — Fri, 12 Dec 2003 01:59:07 +0000

unrelated comment, but I just saw the new Nike ad with Markus Naslund & Ilya Kovalchuk and I really enjoyed it.

You can see it there:

http://www.nike.com/canada/nikehockey/main.html

By: matteo

matteo — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 23:00:44 +0000

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By: shady_records

shady_records — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:39:40 +0000

Yeah it's nice to see the top 4 draft picks in this year's draft play and be one of the, if not the best performer of their respective teams such as

Fleury in Pittsburgh

Staal in Carolina

Horton in Florida

Zherdev in Columbus

Excluding Fluery and Staal who have been the best players of their teams this year, Horton is a powerforward and powerforwards take time to develop, just look at Thachuk and Bertuzzi

Also Zherdev who has 3 points in 4 games since coming from Russian one third into the season, him playing along with Nash since day 1 could of made him at the top of the leagues goalscorers next to Nash.

It's funny how the top 5 picks are so important to keep, they are like getting a Forsberg in a deal, the team's next superstar.