Players union put three counterproposals on the negotiation table on Thursday, but NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is not satisfied with any them.
Earlier, the NHL had come up with a 50-50 revenue sharing proposal, but the players union had some reservations about it. The NHL season was rescheduled to begin on Oct. 25, but negotiations between NHL and players union have not reached any conclusion, with no further talks scheduled. Therefore it seems like there is very little hope of enjoying a full hockey season this year.
"This is not a good day," union executive director Donald Fehr said. "'It should have been."
The NHL had proposed 50-50 split of revenue between the owners and the players.
NHL had come up with a proposal of an 82 game season and equal revenue sharing between owners and players. Only hockey related revenues were considered under the proposal.
"None of the three variations of player share that they gave us even began to approach 50-50, either at all or for some long period of time," Bettman said. "It's clear we're not speaking the same language."
Bettman while proposing the new 50-50 deal was hopeful of finding a solution and with it scheduling a full season, but after the latest round of talks, he admitted the chances of coming to any sort of agreement was pretty bleak.
"I am concerned based on the proposal that was made today that things are not progressing," he said. "To the contrary, I view the proposal made by the players' association in many ways a step backward."
Pittsburgh superstar Sidney Crosby said the chances of breaking the deadlock "doesn't look good."
"We came in here today with those proposals thinking that we could really make some progress," Crosby said. "To hear those words (from Bettman) kind of shuts it down pretty quickly. In a nutshell it doesn't look good."
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