Denis Potvin weighs in as The Calgary Sun reports that Potvin pleads with politicians. Smartly, the article notes that when Clinton tried to intervene in the last MLB disaster he was totally rebuffed. Potvin does talk about the distrust over the team loss numbers that the NHLPA has. Fine. Make an impartial audit part of the negotiation and put its findings in place for the second year and beyond (it's not going to get done in 20 minutes). Meanwhile, you know that there is some level of loss and some level of asset appreciation.

Big deal. Forget all that: no business pays 75% of its revenues out in labor. None. In fact, even the Forbes numbers were close on revenues - $2.2 billion US. If you think those other things like suite income are being hidden, ask that they be included. Anything that casues a big alarm among the NHL ownership will tell you you're on the right track.

But there won't be much, if any. Because they're NOT LYING!