Official Lockout Discussion Thread V2.1

[DewsSox79]

Lockout talk here.

 

[inactiveuser1]

I miss the boardz battlez

 

[DewsSox79]

I miss the boardz battlez

 

[dabynsky]

Darren Dreger tonight on twitter:

NHL remains firm, willing to negotiate with the PA by only working off NHL offer tabled last Tues. NHL wants next meeting to be an end pt.

When asked if the CBA negotiation is about to go into a deep freeze, B. Daly said "I suspect so. Back to the drawing board. Unfortunate."

The union has offered to meet, but, unless PA is willing to work off NHL's offer, Daly says there's no reason to meet.

Kaner signing with a Swiss team makes a lot more sense now.

 

[Rice Cube]

 

[DewsSox79]

thats fucking awesome.

 

[HawkWriter]

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=408045

A deal would need to be struck by tomorrow to save a full season.

 

[icehogfan08]

Gary Bettman: Hope Of Preserving 82 Game Season Is Low

With labor negotiations stalled, there does not appear to be any hope of preserving a full 82-game season by Thursday’s deadline. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said as much Wednesday.

“Unfortunately, it looks like an 82-game season is not going to be a reality,” Bettman said at a news conference from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, where the Islanders announced they would be relocating starting with the 2015-16 season.

Bettman painted a bleak picture on the state of negotiations with players and said the union “has chosen not to engage on our proposal.”

The league made its last offer to the NHLPA on October 16, one that included a 50/50 revenue split and a provision to “make whole” existing player contracts by employing deferred payments. Bettman had said that if a deal could be reached by Thursday, a full season still could be achieved.

The union responded last Thursday with a trio of its own offers. However, all three were rejected by the league within 10 minutes.

The union requested a formal meeting with the league Tuesday night but was rebuffed. The NHL maintained that if the NHLPA was unwilling to work off the league’s last proposal, then a meeting wasn’t necessary.

Bettman said he had no indication as to when the league and union would resume negotiations.

Asked what it would take for the two sides to get back to the negotiating table, Bettman said “a reason to get back to the table. There’s always a reason because, of course, we want to be playing, but in terms of the negotiations themselves, as we indicated, we made our best offer to save an 82-game season and it was not something that the players’ association demonstrated any interest in.

 

[icehogfan08]

U.S. President Barack Obama urges NHL and NHLPA to end lockout

LOS ANGELES, - Barack Obama is urging the NHL and its players to resolve their labour dispute.

During an appearance on "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno on Wednesday, the U.S. president took time to answer questions submitted from viewers and the studio audience.

One fan from Los Angeles asked Obama if he could pull any strings to end the NHL's work stoppage.

"You know, I do have a comment on this," said Obama, who is campaigning for re-election. "Every time these things happen I just want to remind the owners and players: You guys make money because you've got a whole bunch of fans out there who are working really hard—they buy tickets, they're watching on TV.

"You all should be able to figure this out. Get this done. The fans deserve it."

It's not the first time Obama has weighed in on a sports labour dispute.

The president sent a tweet a month ago urging the NFL and its officials to end their lockout.

"NFL fans on both sides of the aisle hope the refs' lockout is settled soon," he tweeted after a mistake by a replacement official decided the outcome of a game between Seattle and Green Bay.

The lockout ended a few days later.

The NHL lockout has lasted 40 days. All regular-season games through Nov. 1 have been wiped off the schedule, with more cancellations expected to come before the end of the week.

All was quiet between the two sides Thursday, the final day before an NHL-imposed deadline to make a deal with the NHL Players' Association and preserve a full hockey season.

A partial season remains a possibility. No new talks are scheduled.

The U.S. presidential election is Nov. 6

 

[Rice Cube]

icehogfan's avatar ----> :fap:

 

[DewsSox79]

U.S. President Barack Obama urges NHL and NHLPA to end lockout

Obama cant go a full season without board battleszzz. poor guy.

 

[Rice Cube]

So I might be late to this, but I heard that all November games are now canceled

 

[dabynsky]

Yeah yesterday was the NHL's cutoff date to save a full season. If they can salvage the Winter Classic we might get a shortened season, but it is starting to look more and more like 04-05.

 

[DewsSox79]

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=644323

 

[nwfisch]

icehogfan's avatar ----> :fap:

Go watch porn or something dad :tongue:

 

[Kleats]

FWIW : http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/John-Jaeckel/Hogs-0-3ProspectsLockout/128/47146

( - also I have a question for anyone who might know the answer . I know a player can take out an insurance policy on himself to guard against lost wages if they suffer a career ending injury . Can teams do the same with one of their draftee's - to guard against having to pay out guaranteed money on a contract ? )

 

[DewsSox79]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/jackets/2012/10/28/jack-johnson-blog/1664379/

 

[Capt. Serious]

Why do I get this feeling that there will be another lost season?

 

[DewsSox79]

Why do I get this feeling that there will be another lost season?

yeah, its looking more like it. hopefully there is a miracle agreement.

 

[Capt. Serious]

Yeah, it was terrible the first time I experienced it. I don't want that again.

But like you said, need a miracle agreement at this rate.