The thing I love about some of these comments made by NHLPA members is that they reveal how utterly uninformed they are by the union. As you can tell from this piece on TSN.ca, the NHLPA will characterize anything but a blanket acceptance of thier offer as bullying. To say "we made what we thought was a good offer and the league didn't engage in any kind of discussions to try to make something happen" is wrong - the League submitted a well thought out, comprehensive counter offer, and the NHLPA then locked themselves in a room for an hour and came out to say there was nothing more to talk about. At least that's what it said in the papers at the time. Why won't the NHLPA respond to this proposal? Because it contains a cap? How about you take the cap (becasue ultimately, that's where this ends) and ask for 60%?
I don't know how many cheques the union has cost these guys, but they've now missed Christmas. How about helping the rank and file give their wives something by Valentine's Day? Locking yourself in a room and ignoring (or denying) the truth isn't going to get a deal done.