Caption: Michael Ilitch, Chairman of the board.Make it two thumbs down from Detroit area NHL team owners on the player's latest proposal for a collective bargaining agreement." I have a very bad feeling" Red Wings Senior vice president Jimmy devellano said friday after a six hour meeting with mike ilitch and corporatte attorney Jay Bielfield.On Thursday, Hartford Whalers owner Peter Karmanos founder of the Farmington Hills based Compuware corpp., said he would vote to reject the proposal.ut before they cancel the season owners are expeccted tp formulate a final offer or two in an effort to save a 50 game season. what we need is a hard (salary) cap to solve the problem of sports. Devellano said. When you look at the NBA, the NFL, the Ontario Hockey League,Roller Hockey International.the International Hockey league- all those leagues are thriving because they have a cap.Our league is not thriving and MAjor League Baseball is not thriving, and thats why we are having the labor problems we are having today. The players' final proposal, as it was described by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, did not include a salary cap or any kind of so called luxury cap that.
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