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NHLPA Ratifies CBA

by Paul on 01/12/13 at 05:41 PM ET
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TORONTO (January 12, 2013) – The members of the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) have voted to ratify the new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the NHLPA and the National Hockey League (NHL).

 While the players’ vote ratifies the new CBA with the NHL owners, a written Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) consistent with what the players voted on, must be completed before the Agreement becomes final. The NHLPA and the NHL continue their work to finalize the MOU.   

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The NHLPA Ratification Process For The CBA

by Paul on 01/10/13 at 07:17 PM ET
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via the NHLPA,

Below are some quick facts that will provide some insight into how this process will unfold:

• The Players’ ratification vote will commence on Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. ET 
• The ratification voting window will be open for Players for a duration of 36 hours, concluding on Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 8:00 a.m. ET.
• The secret ballot vote will be conducted electronically
• The NHLPA will issue a media release on Saturday morning, once the voting window closes
• If ratified, NHL training camps will open on Sunday, with the regular season beginning on January 19, 2013

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What Bettman Didn’t Say

by Paul on 01/10/13 at 01:21 PM ET
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from Stu Hackel of the Red Light,

With his expression of sorrow for the lockout he engineered, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman hopes to turn the page and put the focus of the fans, players, sponsors and media back on the ice where, he said, the attention belongs.

What he stopped short of expressing was a pledge that he would commit to working with the NHLPA to find a way of preventing anything like what we just went through from happening again.

Addressing the players, the league’s business partners, and the fans, he said, “I know that an explanation or an apology will not erase the hard feelings that have built up over the past few months, but I owe you apology, nevertheless.” It was a nice sentiment, but if he really wanted to erase the hard feelings, the best thing he could have done was make some sort of statement that this third lockout was wrong for the sport, that it was too damaging and the league was committed to finding a better way of fixing problems in its labor relations.

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Doan Gets Through To Bettman

by Paul on 01/10/13 at 12:31 PM ET
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from Larry Brooks of the NY Post,

Sources report it was a one-hour meeting last Saturday attended by only Bettman, NHL attorney Bob Batterman and the Coyotes’ universally respected Shane Doan that broke the logjam over the critical issue regarding the 2013-14 cap number.

Doan, who left money on the table as a free agent this summer to remain in Phoenix, explained that the league’s proposed $62.5M — increased at that point from the original $60M — would disrupt the lives of players and their families who would be forced to move because of trades and buyouts that would not otherwise take place under the union’s more forgiving $64.3M transition number.

The Coyotes’ winger convinced Bettman and Batterman that the issue wasn’t about financial gain for the players, but on the contrary, for players would inevitably suffer greater escrow loss via a higher cap. It was, Doan said, about family life.

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NHLPA Statement On The Passing Of Katie Moore

by Paul on 01/08/13 at 06:58 PM ET
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TORONTO (January 8, 2013): “All players and staff are deeply saddened by the passing of Katie Moore.  Katie fought her battle with courage and conviction, and she will be greatly missed. At this difficult time, our thoughts and prayers go out to Dominic Moore and the Urbanic family, as well as Katie’s many friends.

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Morning Line

by Paul on 01/08/13 at 11:14 AM ET
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What I hope for both sides, what I hope for everyone, is that when Bettman and Fehr walk out of their offices for a final time, that they pass on to their successors a hard drive full of records, but also a file – hard copy – of the events of 2012. For Bettman and Fehr to say to their successors, “Read this.” This is how it was. Going into the next negotiations we as owners and players need to know what we need and we need to know what the other side needs. But as we get into the muck of the deal, as we develop a hate for the other side, we also know there is a final need. It’s our need and it’s theirneed too, because it’s the public’s need. We are truly not the only ones who matter. There needs to be a season.

-Ken Dryden at the Globe and Mail where you can read more from Dryden.

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Waiting For The Ratification Vote

by Paul on 01/07/13 at 03:25 PM ET
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Logan Couture On The Lockout

by Paul on 01/07/13 at 12:45 PM ET
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from Kevin Kurz of CSN BayArea,

Speaking with CSN Bay Area’s Brodie Brazil on Sunday, Couture was asked if the labor battle, which mercifully ended after 113 days, is now just “water under the bridge.”

“I can only speak for myself, but I would say no to that,” Couture told Brazil. “It’s definitely not water under the bridge. I understand it took both parties to go through this, but there are still some hard feelings towards the other side. I was able to be in some meetings and really realize what they were trying to do. We fought hard to get what we got. Basically we were fighting to give back less than they wanted, to take more and more and more from us. I wouldn’t say it’s water under the bridge, no.”

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Morning Line

by Paul on 01/07/13 at 11:37 AM ET
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"I'm excited to play hockey again, although it's bittersweet because a lot of damage was done to our game.  As players we need to keep showing our fans we care. We might have a long road ahead of us there, but for now it's great to know we'll be back on the ice very soon."

-Jonathon Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks.  More from Chris Kruc of the Chicago Tribune.

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Once Players Accepted 50/50 Split, Lockout Should Have Ended

by Paul on 01/06/13 at 07:16 PM ET
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So says Ron MacLean of CBC and Hockey Night in Canada.

 

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