Posts Tagged ‘ 2012 NHL Lock-Out ’

“But those days are over.”

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October 4, 2012

No sport has controlled its athletes as effectively and totally as hockey. Though fabulously profitable in the long-term, the NHL has always been able to convince the players — in good times or bad — that the clubs couldn’t afford the salaries, benefits and working conditions they demanded, and that if they persisted, the...
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Is Bettman itching to cancel 2012-13 sooner than you think?

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September 23, 2012

Gary Bettman appears to be operating under the assumption that (1) the players will fold, just like last time, and (2) the fans will come back, just like last time. I wouldn’t bet on either. I would be willing to bet the NHL will return by summer of 2014. Beyond that, whether we’ll lose...
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Did the NHL ask the IIHF to block NHLPA players from playing in Europe?

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September 18, 2012

Yakupov, NHL players facing IIHF transfer card controversy in Europe | Puck Daddy As the NHL locked out its players, Nail Yakupo agreed to a contract with the local KHL team, Neftekhimik.  But the IIHF is refusing to issue Yakupov’s transfer card to the KHL club. An IIHF transfer card is...
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Don’t do it, Andrei!

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September 17, 2012

The Fourth Period :: Los Angeles Kings :: Kopitar to play overseas Loktionov, 22, reportedly agreed in principle to a deal with HC Atlant Moscow Oblast of the KHL, and an official contract is expected to be ironed out in the near future. However, Loktionov’s agent, Igor Larionov, told TFP that report was not...
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NHLPA: Just Make a New League, Really

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September 17, 2012

Do it now. Take the 600 or however many union members, pick teams, I don’t care how many, and start playing games. Doesn’t matter where. Play at local rinks. Figure out a way to put it on TV. Make a deal with ESPN or someone who doesn’t have ties to the NHL. The fans...
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What leverage do the players have?

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September 16, 2012

Owners would nuke the playoffs again (and they don’t care) – Niesy at Jewels From The Crown This labor dispute will be decided by the owners. It will be over when they want it to be over. This is not a give-and-take negotiation between two sides. This is about how much more the...
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Lock-Out Day 1

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September 16, 2012

Congratulations. If this thing is going to wipe out a season, you have just completed the first 3/10th of one percent of the 2012-13 Lock-Out. If (and I think this is optimistic) we’re going to have a season starting sometime around the Winter Classic, you have just completed somewhere closer to 1%.  AHL camp...
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“We had a nice lunch,” Daly said. “At this point [...] it’s not possible to bridge any gap before a lockout. It’s a shame.”

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NHL Lock-Out 2004: relive the magic!

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September 15, 2012

In case you blocked it all out, here’s a chronology of the last lock-out, which I submit just for the fun of imaging it all happening again, exactly this way at exactly this pace. 7/13/05: NHL Lock-Out Chronology (USA Today) 2003 Oct. 1 — Union offer which includes five percent salary...
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