STEPHEN BRUNT From Saturday's Globe and Mail So these are the spoils of victory. Weak franchises teetering on the brink. Strong franchises unhappily pouring good money after bad. A salary management system in which payrolls increase even for teams that have barely benefited from the revenue streams that push the numbers ever higher. Some extremely grumpy owners at both ends of the spectrum. Think maybe Gary Bettman would like to take a mulligan right now, and start all over? In 2004-05, the NHL's owners played chicken with their players and the union that represented them and won, unequivocally. Perhaps you remember the story: The fight-to-the-finish hockey guys losing their nerve in the face of a brilliantly conceived propaganda campaign, their leadership divided, the night of the long knives, the final capitulation, and so...
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