It's certainly not going to be resurrected after today, |
It's obviously going to be a fantastic showcase of hockey communities and the hockey culture here in Canada. The history of the league and the game itself was built by players from communities throughout Canada. |
NHLPA members have been encouraged to take advantage of opportunities to compete and stay in shape, and should an opportunity arise this spring, the players are free to make their own decisions as to their level of participation. |
Of equal importance is a discussion on whether the NHL is prepared to move in the direction of having a real revenue sharing program. We are certainly looking forward to hearing what they have developed in this area. |
Our sense is that every two years is frankly too much to be organizing these kinds of events in terms of the demands on the players. |
Players are obviously pleased that the escrow payments have been greatly reduced and remain optimistic the strong financial results will continue throughout the year and into the future. |
That's part of the (collective bargaining) agreement. Obviously, a lot of people have noted that type of situation and it's something I raised as a concern to the membership. |
The National Hockey League Players Association members have those affected by Hurricane Katrina in their thoughts during this extremely difficult time, ... It is our hope that this donation and the auction proceeds from the players? opening night jerseys will assist the Red Cross in their massive relief effort, and help to ease the burden on the hurricane victims. |
The NLRB is the first thing they filed and all indications are that this is not a matter that is going to attract the interest of the NLRB. They then went to the Department of Labor saying that's where they thought they had their best chance with the various claims they made. |
The NLRB is the first thing they filed, and all indications are that this is not a matter that is going to attract the interest of the NLRB. They then went to the Department of Labor saying that's where they thought they had their best chance with the various claims they made. |
The parties met again today for approximately four hours and broke off with no progress to report. |
There are a lot of logistics involved. At this point, I would say it's very doubtful (for 2008). |
There was a reasonable explanation for everything we've done. In every collective bargaining agreement, there are adjustments you have to make. |
This election process, which was agreed to by the full executive board and without any objections, will continue and will not be disrupted by such baseless actions. |
To date, the NHL has not given us any signal that they're prepared to negotiate a compromise. |