Well, the NHLPA finally caved on the salary cap issue, and the NHL gave ground on the linkage between revenues and player costs, so now it's purely a numbers game. The Players' Association made an offer of a $52 million cap on player salaries, which the league has countered with a $42.5 M offer. GB also gave BG (confused? See Jan.19 post) until 11 AM Eastern Time Wednesday morning to agree, in a letter which was also leaked to the media. The league insists that there will be no more bargaining at this point; we're looking at a take-it-or-leave-it offer here, so let's hope that the players can swallow their collective pride.

Maybe in a few years, if someone wants to make a movie about the CBA meetings presided over by league VP Bill Daly and Senior NHLPA director Ted Saskin, they can call it Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, or perhaps Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey...you know, depending on how this whole thing plays out.