NHL 'negotiations' provide laughs
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NHL 'negotiations' provide laughs
Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer
All along, I have been insisting that the NHL and the players' union should hire a mediator to help solve their ugly labor dispute.
But after developments late Tuesday, I think someone else is needed.
A divorce lawyer.
Both sides can't even agree to have a meeting Wednesday, one day before the NHL's supposed deadline to have a collective bargaining agreement in place _ and to preseve an 82-game season.
Who are the leaders of these respective groups? Captain Kangaroo and Homer Simpson?
In brief, the NHLPA said it wanted to have a meeting Wednesday, but its request was not greeted with open arms. The NHL said there is nothing to meet about because the players' union had rejected the owners' proposal last week and indicated they weren't making a new offer.
In other words, there will not be a new CBA on Thursday. And the NHL will move one step closer to being irrelevant.
But at least the league is providing comic relief.
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Isles to Brooklyn. The laughs keep coming, folks. With the lockout as its backdrop, the NHL will proudly announce on Wednesday that the New York Islanders will move to Brooklyn for the start of the 2015-16 season.
Maybe the lockout will be over by then.
Maybe.
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I have an idea. Stop covering the "talks". Stop writing about the NHL until the agreement is signed. Everyone. All across the country. Don't mention one freaking word about those losers, on both sides. Nothing. Zilch. I am sure we can get a movement going.— scootch- I'm actually enjoying the break from the relentless season after season marathon with only two months off between Cup final and training camp.— JourneyHome
- The NHL will withdraw its latest CBA proposal to the NHL Players' Association once Thursday's deadline to finalize a new deal passes. "When we delivered the proposal last Tuesday, we told them it would be on the table through today-sounds like go to your room with no supper Jimmy.— NYPHILLYPHAN
- You're right. The owners last statement included the language "Our offer was based on an 82-game schedule".
Now they will come back and offer the players 40% of HRR, a reduced salary cap, no financial aid to "struggling" franchises (i.e., there will be fewer jobs for you when they fail), and you have to wash your own jerseys and we will charge you for the soap and the water.— backhand
