Is there anyone out there who believes for a second that any active NHL player truly cares whether or not he plays under a salary cap? Why, then, do the members of the NHLPA keep parroting their leader's drivel?
Where does Bad Bob take his troops now? There is a scene in The In-Laws (1979) (and don't even dream about the remake) in which Peter Falk and Alan Arkin are facing a firing squad. "What's the plan?" asks Arkin. "I'm wide open" replies a clearly clueless Falk. That's where I think Bob is now. Wide open and clueless.
The NHLPA has no plan, at least not one that they've chosen to show as of yet. And it's kind of late if there is one. Nope. Their plan - their only plan - was to have the owners' resolve collapse like the Rangers late in the game. Since that hasn't worked (and won't), there needs to be a Plan B. And there isn't.
Hockey players want to play hockey. They don't care about caps, qualifying offers, or linkage. They want to play the best of their competitors and be paid fairly to do it. Why have they let lawyers bench them? Why haven't they demanded Plan B?