[woodguy]

Goodenow overplayed his hand big time.

Every CBA agreement in the Bettman/Goodenow era has come at the 11th hour with Bettman caving into the NHPL.

I'd bet my bankroll that Goodenow expected that to happen again.

Up here in Edmonton we are dancing in the street we could not afford to keep the Oilers here unless there is a salary cap

The owners last offer of 44.5Mill cap would have been marginal for the Oilers, I'm glad the NHLPA rejected it.

They will never see an offer that good again.

The Oilers made a modest profit of less than 1% of revenues with 97% of the tickets sold all year.

Any buiness that is break even at 97% capacity needs to be burned down and restarted.

I'm glad this has happened, this will be good for the long term health of the professional game in Canada and marginal US markets that are hockey hotbeds like Minnesota etc.

Regards,
Woodguy