NHL Set To Reject

TSN.ca is reporting that tomorrow the NHL will reject the NHLPA’s proposal from last week’s meeting. "We believe the Union's offer was more about trying to unify the players and ensure player solidarity with what they would perceive as a very substantial proposal than it was about making a good faith effort to reach agreement us..." Daly wrote. "...The Union needed the 'rallying point' that it felt this offer would provide with the players to effectuate this strategy. Under this scenario, the Union will likely (and quickly) break off negotiations."

This could be viewed as the last final blow before the cancellation of the 2004-2005 NHL season. "We plan to make a counter-offer to the Union on Tuesday in Toronto consistent with our mandate from (the governors) in that regard," the memo said. That mandate is a hard salary cap. The owners want a hard cap, the players don’t. Stalemate?

So what are your thoughts on this? Who’s right? Who’s wrong? Any other solutions?

-Dan Joseph