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Original Six Fan from Canada writes: I have always been a fan of Major League Baseball's form of arbitration whereby the arbitrator must choose either the team's or the player's salary amount. This way, it keeps both sides more hones or a t least realistic since if one side or the other makes a totally unreasonable demand it runs the risk that because it is so unreasonable, the arbitrator will choose the other side's.
But with the NHL, that is not the case and the arbitrator can choose any settlement in between the two sides' demands and lo and behold they generally saw off in the middle. It doesn't take much in the way of cajones to split the difference and knowing that, both sides' offers are no doubt made based on that theory.
Only being able to pick one side's offer or the other keeps both sides from making stink bids.- Posted 29/07/08 at 2:38 PM EST | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment
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