NHL and NHLPA to meet Wednesday

[PhilM]

NHLPA and NHL to meet on Wednesday

TSN.ca Staff

1/17/2005

Talks between the NHL and NHLPA are back on.

The two sides will have a ''small-group'' meeting involving the top lieutenants for each side - NHL vice present Bill Daly and NHLPA vice president Ted Saskin - as well as NHL chairman of the board Harley Hotchkiss and NHLPA president Trevor Linden and assorted legal staff, John McCambridge for the NHLPA and Bob Batterman for the NHL.

The meeting will take place on Wednesday at an undisclosed location and it will be the first time both sides have met since December 14.

"We think it is appropriate and hopefully useful to engage in these discussions at this time. We are not meeting to present a new proposal and remain committed to reaching a fair deal that does not include a salary cap," said NHLPA senior director Ted Saskin in a statement.

It should be noted that neither NHL commissioner Gary Bettman or NHLPA executive director Bob Goodenow will participate in the meeting.



This is a last ditch, see if there's anything they can agree on and see if there's any chance to save it in my eyes.
The NHL has been rumoured to be working on a proposal. If this is true it's possible some principals may be discussed at the meeting.
I kinda doubt it, but they may, I think the NHL is working on a deal that they will give to the players that will be the system they want in place should they go to impass and get to implement their own CBA.

Should be interesting, biggest meeting yet, as it will be one of the last this season without question.

 

[PhilM]

Very,
but,
something might happen....not likely.
At least they're pretending

 

[mtroads]

the meeting is definitely useless. Probably just to confirm that the season is done. It would be nice to see a little bit of progress but this might be it until September when the NHL starts talking about replacement players.

 

[Prongs]

Just cancel the season already. Their meetings have solved nothing to now, and I dont see this last ditch effort saving anything.

 

[PenaltyMan]

heh, Perhaps that show "Making the Cut" had some prophetic value after all?

They're always one step ahead!!! *shakes fist at sky*
-
Wesley

 

[Driftwood83]

Oh how funny and great it would be if they came to an agreement (highly unlikely) imagine how shocked and happy everyone would be!!!! This ****s a little bit more for me because I didnt get to watch hockey last year either. the reason being I moved out on my own for the first time and didnt have cable yet and now that I do it's useless. So It's been 2 years for me I'm in for the long run. Please come back zink .... I mean hockey. <-- simpsons humour.

Phil

 

[PhilM]

Well i'm not going to be holding my breath at this one. Nothing will come of it, i'm sure.

We will probably get an announcement that the season is cancelled late afternoon tomorrow

I don't think they're going to annouce the season has been cancelled, they're just going to keep going until it's too late and not say anything.

People will ask them in june and all they'llhave to say is 'it's a bit late now' and they'll never have to face that press conference and field the questions "Why couldn't you do anything more to save the season' 'are you afraid you've ruined NHL hockey forever?" etc etc.