You seem to talk out of your back side quite a bit Sinclair. From what I am reading it reads like you had the inside scoop in what was going on.
There was so much more to this than we will ever really know. Resons why they did not settle right away will never fullybe understood so why try and speculate eh?? On thing is certain though, the top players at the hearings were holding out for a better deal for the 3rd and 4th line plugs. The guys that play for 500,000 to 750,000 a year and whose careers usually last only 2 to 5 yrs. If you state that so what, I could live on 550,000, well good for you but you are not an NHL calibre player so to speak to this is just plain ignorant.