And we wait..

The other day the NHL board of governors voted unanimously to ratify the new CBA. Now it's the players turn. The vote started Thursday night and was set to end Saturday morning at 8am. It's now almost 10 and were still waiting.

another note

The other thing that the lockout brings is finally the debut of our new head coach ADAM OATES. cant wait to see if he will take the cuffs off of Ovi. like i think he will.!!

NEW CBA!!!!!!!

Here are some of the key details that are in the new CBA. it honestly looks alot like the Dec 6 NHLPA proposal but that is splitting hairs at this point.

• 10-year agreement (either side can opt out after eight years).

• 50-50 split in revenues.

• $70.2 million prorated salary cap this season; $64.3 million ceiling in 2013-14 with $44 million floor.

• Maximum contract lengths of seven years (eight years for teams re-signing own players).

• Year-to-year variance of salaries is a maximum 35 percent; the lowest season cannot be less than 50 percent of the highest.

• $200 million in revenue sharing.

• Defined player pension plan with owners accepting liability.

• Two compliance buyouts per team for 2013-14 that wouldn't count vs. the salary cap.

• Minimum salary starts at $525,000, increases to $750,000 by Year 9.

• Suspensions longer than six games go to a third party for appeal.

• All 14 non-playoff teams will have a shot at the No. 1 overall draft pick.

• Olympics and realignment will be agreed upon at a later date between the NHL and NHLPA.

To be honest I am still stoked as hell that the NHL is back. Part of me also wont believe it till i hear the first goal horn of the season

look actual hockey talk!!!

in case you were wondering here are the players who are still left as RFA since the lockout started.

Player	Pos	Team	Age	Cap Hit	Expiry
Kulikov, Dmitry »	D	FLA	22	$1,325,000	2012 (RFA)
Petrecki, Nick »	D	SAN	23	$1,125,000	2012 (RFA)
Del Zotto, Michael »	D	NYR	22	$1,087,500	2012 (RFA)
O'Reilly, Ryan »	C	COL	21	$900,000	2012 (RFA)
Subban, P.K. »	D	MTL	23	$875,000	2012 (RFA)
Benn, Jamie »	C	DAL	23	$821,667	2012 (RFA)
Palmieri, Nick »	R	MIN	23	$801,667	2012 (RFA)
Franson, Cody »	D	TOR	25	$800,000	2012 (RFA)
MacLean, Brett »	L	PHO	24	$735,000	2012 (RFA)
Sheppard, James »	C	SAN	24	$725,000	2012 (RFA)

HOCKEY IS BACK!!!

Been waiting all year for this post. Well ladies and gentleman we are going to have a season!!!. last night after a marathon session the NHL and NHLPA both reaches a tentative agreement to get the season started. Expecting #Caps and other #NHL training camps to begin before next weekend. Not sure yet 48 or 50 game season.  

Happy new year

Well lemme get it out of the way now merry Christmas and happy new year everyone

With that done lets talk puck:

CBA:

At this point I believe there will be a season there has finally been real move my from both sides. There are some optimists close to the dealings who are saying a deal can come as early as today
From what I've seen I'm saying the weekend but I can see the point here's to hoping for the best

World juniors/
What a tournament. The caps are lucky in this one we've been able to watch caps prospect Riley barber really just improve through this tourney. This is a guy who will be able to score goals. Great hands great positioning can't wait to see him. GO UsA


Well that's all I got for now keep your stick on the ice

Breaking news: new NHL proposal

This morning it was leaked by a player that Thursday the NHL has put a new offer out. This offer moves more in the NHLPA direction. This could very easily start talks to end the lockout and have the season start jan 20 for a 48 game season