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KEN CAMPBELL
SPORTS REPORTER
Negotiators for the NHL and the NHL Players' Association have made so much progress on defining revenues and salary-cap issues that they've moved on to other important aspects of the bargaining agreement.
Sources also contend that the deal is actually being written and lawyered as the process goes on, so that when the two sides eventually do come to an agreement ? likely this month ? they will be able to bring the completed document to their constituents for ratification votes as soon as possible.
Amid all the optimism, the Globe and Mail website reported yesterday that the two sides have agreed on a formula for a salary cap based on team-by-team revenues. If that's the case, it would certainly curtail the spending of a team such as the Leafs, but still give them a decided advantage over the small-market teams that don't produce nearly as much revenue.
KEN CAMPBELL
SPORTS REPORTER
Negotiators for the NHL and the NHL Players' Association have made so much progress on defining revenues and salary-cap issues that they've moved on to other important aspects of the bargaining agreement.
Sources also contend that the deal is actually being written and lawyered as the process goes on, so that when the two sides eventually do come to an agreement ? likely this month ? they will be able to bring the completed document to their constituents for ratification votes as soon as possible.
Amid all the optimism, the Globe and Mail website reported yesterday that the two sides have agreed on a formula for a salary cap based on team-by-team revenues. If that's the case, it would certainly curtail the spending of a team such as the Leafs, but still give them a decided advantage over the small-market teams that don't produce nearly as much revenue.
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