NHL and NHLPA Should Be More Open About Player Health Christopher Kelsall | July 22, 2020 Professional sports and especially the National Hockey League (NHL) have long done what they can to not disclose player health to the media. Individual team staff and players have also…
NHLPA’s Player Poll: McDavid, Crosby, Marchand, and More Nick Haydon | April 2, 2020 The NHL’s Players’ Association released its annual Player Poll yesterday. If you are not familiar with the poll, it asks NHL players a wide variety of NHL related questions, ranging…
Senators’ Bobby Ryan Enters NHL/NHLPA Assistance Program The Canadian Press | November 20, 2019 Ottawa Senators forward Bobby Ryan will be away from the team while taking part in the NHL/National Hockey League Players’ Association assistance program. The NHL and NHLPA made the announcement…
NHLPA Declining CBA Opt-Out a Win for Hockey Fans Tanner Rebelo | September 19, 2019 The NHL took a major step forward on Monday when the NHL Players’ Association (NHLPA) announced that they had declined to re-open the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). If the NHLPA…
NHL Players Stay with CBA, Labour Peace Set to at Least 2022 The Canadian Press | September 16, 2019 National Hockey League players have decided not to opt out of the collective bargaining agreement, guaranteeing labour peace until at least 2022. The NHLPA announced its decision Monday just before the deadline to trigger its opt-out clause. Not termin…
Quiet Nature of NHL Labour Talks Breeds Cautious Optimism The Canadian Press | September 10, 2019 Representatives from the NHL and NHL Players’ Association have met numerous times over the past eight months and not once in a secret underground bunker or a dark parking garage. Unlike previous collective bargaining negotiations that spilled out into …
NHL, NHLPA Set to Meet Again to Talk CBA Extension The Canadian Press | September 5, 2019 CHICAGO — The NHL and NHL Players’ Association will meet again Friday in New York to continue collective bargaining negotiations. Players have until Sept. 15 to decide whether to terminate the current collective bargaining agreement effective a year fr…
NHLPA Executive Board Meets, Still Deliberating on CBA The Canadian Press | September 5, 2019 NHL players have yet to decide whether to terminate the current collective bargaining agreement with less than two weeks before the deadline to do so. Roughly 50 players met Wednesday night in Chicago to get an update on talks with the league, which ex…
NHL Opts Not to Re-open Collective Bargaining Agreement The Canadian Press | August 30, 2019 NEW YORK — The NHL has announced it will not exercise its option to re-open the current collective bargaining agreement early. The league had the right to re-open the CBA until Sunday. It advised the NHL Players’ Association of its decision on Friday. …
Escrow Tops NHL Players’ List of Concerns Ahead of CBA Talks The Canadian Press | June 16, 2019 Jonathan Toews says he just wants his contract to be worth what it says on paper. Right now, it’s not that simple. Under terms of the collective bargaining agreement, NHL owners and players divide hockey-related revenue 50/50, and if player salaries ex…
At the Crossroads of Culture, Family, Science and CTE Zeke | March 9, 2018 One of the most complex issues facing sports, including hockey, is chronic traumatic encephalopathy, CTE, a brain disease associated with violent head trauma. It has been six years since John…
Should NHL Consider a Shorter Season? The Hockey Writers | July 17, 2017 Since the 1967-68 season, the NHL has played at least 74 regular-season games, apart from lockout years. But should the NHL think about shortening the schedule? Here is a radical proposal…
