We still believe that the framework we have had in place for the last 10 years now has served the sport of hockey well.
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While the immediate 'rollback' of 24 percent offered by the union would materially improve league economics for the 2004-05 season, there is virtually nothing in the union's proposal that would prevent the dollars 'saved' from being redirected right back into the player compensation system, such that the league's overall financial losses would approach current levels in only a matter of a couple of years.Bill Daly
Our league has never qualified individual records over our 90-year history, despite many significant changes in the rules and the way the game was played. (That's) including varying lengths of schedule and different rules for regular-season overtime.
Bill Daly
We rescheduled this game because so many fans and Panthers employees have left the area, and because we want to ensure safe travels into and out of Florida for the teams and the officials, ... We thank the Senators and Panthers for their cooperation.
Bill Daly
Contraction is a plan to buy back franchises and essentially put them out of business. We have no interest in contraction as a strategic matter or a bargaining strategy, ... We believe 30 franchises can be healthy given the economic right system. The bottom line is if we don't get the right system, we are at risk of losing franchises.
Bill Daly
Any of these new systems would continue to pay star players multi-million dollar salaries, would see the maintenance of an average player salary of 1.3 million and would pay the players more than 50 percent of league revenues,
Bill Daly
In addition to the rule changes, we went out of our way with the players association to make the attitude and environment around the NHL different than in the past.
Bill Daly
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