Elliotte Friedman tweets

• Bettman says 82 game season could be saved if start by Nov. 2, so he made an offer he calls “best shot” to do that.
• “We offered at 50/50 share” and “we believed we addressed concern” players have about their salaries
• He understands players will need time to review it
• Bettman: it is an offer of 50/50 across the board

Pierre LeBrun tweets “Bettman says offer contingent on having 82-game season which would begin Nov 2. Says league offered 50/50 share of HRR”

Chris Johnston tweets:

• “Gary Bettman on NHL’s offer: “It was done in the spirit of getting a deal done.”‘
• “Gary Bettman says compressed 82-game schedule starting Nov. 2 would see every team play an extra game every five weeks.”

Katie Strang tweets “If league offered 50/50 split, should be interesting to see how that is reconciled with escrow. Contracting system still huge as well”

Other big question is contracting rules. Did the NHL bend at all on contract lengths, arbitration rights and free agency eligibility?—
Nick Cotsonika (@cotsonika) October 16, 2012