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Tag: NHLPA

  • Avs Mandate Foot Protection: Is That Allowed?

    Across ye olde RSS feed came this note (via Kukla’s Korner) from Ryan Boulding of the Colorado Avalanche: Every skater on the ice, with the exception of the coaching staff, was wearing protective guards on their feet. That will be the case through camp, preseason and even the coming campaign. “They don’t look very good…

  • Fehr Blindsided Us All

    Nobody saw this coming. Certainly not the gloom and doom crowd, and not the nay-sayers, predicting a lockout when the NHLPA hired it’s current boss. The moment Donald Fehr was brought into the Player’s Association, a lockout looked all but certain to most fans. But even the optimists like myself had no idea what was…

  • No Trade Idea

    Here is a quick idea on the no-trade clause.  Rather than eliminating the no-trade completely, limit the term of any no-trade to five years, or 2/3 of the contract length.  This could also help to reduce the length of contracts organically, without putting in specific language about this.  It could actually wind up being beneficial…

  • Still Think There Won’t Be a Lockout?

    Last week, I wrote a post saying that I didn’t believe the NHL would see another lockout this year (with the caveat that they might lose the preseason, which wouldn’t be a loss in my books).  That was before the media reported on what the owners initial proposal was.  From Puck Daddy: Renaud P. Lavoie…

  • The L Word: Why I don’t think we will see another lockout

    The big fear for hockey fans is another lockout on the scale of the one we saw in 2004. The secret hope is a lockout on the scale of the NBA this year, or the NHL in 1995, or even better yet, the NFL before this previous season. The fans are practically salivating for the…