points of contention,for NHLPA...

the NHL wants the NHLPA to put their entire economic proposal on the table,whether they do it,is the $64,000 question... the four points of the union's gripes,accordingly to sources are(i am combining two of the points,because it deals with circumventing the salary cap):putting salary of players into the American Hockey League,or into Europe(examples:Wade Redden(the first example),and Cristobal Huet(the second example)),and front-loading long term contracts,then "lowering" the amount of money owed in later years of the long term deal(example:Ilya Kovalchuk's original contract,with the New Jersey Devils(a 17 year,$102 million long term deal,that was rejected the day after by the NHL)... there is $5.7 billion in outstanding contract liabilities signed by the players,and how does the League(NHL) deal with that???,and the final "gripe",is what to do with beginning(entry level) contracts(number of years),and free agency(arbitration rights of players vs rights of the NHL teams)...