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1) Chill w/ the sig.
2) NHL Hockey doesn't generate the money of other sports, and a good number of teams don't make money. The owners want to put in a Salary cap, this will keep teams competivie and profitable. It keeps say the rangers from spending whatever they want and getting all the top free agents and driving salaries sky high.
The flip side is the players, who don't want anything that can limit there income and while there may be the Jagr's and Lindros that throw the salary scale out of whack a majority of players are not paid very well (well, realitvely speaking to a pro athlete).
I think some sports have shown how a salary cap can work see Football, baseball has toy'd w/ the "luxury tax" and the NBA combines a salary cap w/ a luxury tax, but there are so many loopholes that most NBA teams operate over the cap year after year.
Honestly, I think the NHLPA will break first, I think much like the football strike that broke the NFLPA, there are too many hockey players that can't afford a year off and even worse, risk of the league folding. That being said, if they do take a year off, I wouldn't be shocked to see a few teams fold also.
That my understanding, Hockey isn't my "expertise" so Hero or Cheebs might have a better explanation.
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