8 Major Unsigned Restricted Free Agents Fred Poulin | September 12, 2012 It’s hard to think that nearly two months and a half after the free-agent market opened on July 1st, 2012 that there is still a plethora of quality unrestricted free…
NHLPA Is Willing To Play, But Will Bettman And The Owners Let Them? Derek Neumeier | September 10, 2012 On early Sunday evening, NHL agent Allan Walsh tweeted the following: “The NHLPA has informed the NHL that players are willing to play and continue to negotiate if an agreement…
NHL Feeling Minimal Pressure As Lockout Looms Ian C McLaren | September 4, 2012 As the September 15th deadline approaches and an(other) NHL lockout looms, the league and its owners appears to be maintaining a delicate balance wherein the potential benefits of going into…
Lockout a Double-Edged Sword for Nashville Predators The Hockey Writers | September 3, 2012 Should I stay or should I go now? Should I stay or should I go now? If I go there will be trouble And if I stay it will be…
NHL Players Simply Cannot Cave This Time Justin Johnson | September 1, 2012 Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. That’s probably the saying going through the head of every member of the NHL Players Association at this…
Latest NHL CBA Proposal Lands Bruins in Hot Water Bob Mand | August 31, 2012 Prior to the latest developments in the 2012 NHL CBA discussions, the Boston Bruins appeared set. With no major contributors from ’11-’12 unsigned and a solid lineup re-established, they looked…
NHL Lockout Ramifications: New York Islanders John Imossi | August 29, 2012 The summer has not been good for the Islanders, even by their standards. With the only major acquisition to a last place team trying to get out already, it seems…
Quotes of the Mid-Week: CBA Tweets Ross Bonander | August 22, 2012 Tweets on the current NHL CBA negotiations.
NHL and NHLPA Are Still Far Apart on a New CBA Michael Rappaport | August 16, 2012 With a month remaining before training camps around the NHL open, fans of every team should be excited about the start of a new season. Instead, they are watching the…
Penguins Could See Few Changes with Proposed CBA James Conley | August 15, 2012 The NHL Players’ Association, led by Executive Director Donald Fehr and supported by a cast of its biggest stars, issued its first proposed version of a new Collective Bargaining Agreement…
Everybody is Being Greedy; Not Everybody is Being Unfair Ross Bonander | August 15, 2012 I’m a hockey fan. And I think the players are being greedy in the CBA negotiations. I think the owners are too. It’s a lot of money; so much, that…
NHLPA Submits Its First Proposal Bruce Hollingdrake | August 15, 2012 The National Hockey League Players’ Association submitted its first proposal on economic issues during a Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiating session Tuesday. The proposal, which included the core economic elements…