With news like this you have to wonder what some of the smaller team owners are thinking this morning:
The NHL players union broke from its long-standing position of refusing to accept a salary cap in their latest offer Monday night, but owners rejected the deal, according to reports…The union counter-offered with a $52-million salary cap. The players also proposed more aggressive tax rates on team payrolls and offered a 24 per cent salary rollback on all existing contracts.
By rejecting this astoundingly sensible offer and moving to the cancellation of the season Bettman can only be saying the problem is not the players but the number of teams.