Interview with Gary Bettman in the Denver Post this morning. Not much news but not much rhetoric either. I don't know why the NHLPA keeps telling its members he's trying to crush the union when it's very clear in this article that he just wants a partner with whom he can negotiate. You don't have to be very bright (and the union leadership allegedly is) to know that negotiations are never about one thing - there are hundred. Give on one (the cap) and win on 99 (the pot, the percentage, meal money, free agency, etc.). Smarten up, boys!