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NHL and NHLPA Should Be More Open About Player Health

NHL and NHLPA Should Be More Open About Player Health

July 22nd, 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 kept tight-lipped to protect potentially injured players. For example, when disclosing a specific injury, it is feared that the information will expose...
NHLPA’s Player Poll: McDavid, Crosby, Marchand, and More

NHLPA’s Player Poll: McDavid, Crosby, Marchand, and More

April 2nd, 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 from the best forward to the best trash talker. This year, the survey questioned almost 600 players, and their responses provide both valuable insight...
Senators' Bobby Ryan Enters NHL/NHLPA Assistance Program

Senators' Bobby Ryan Enters NHL/NHLPA Assistance Program

November 20th, 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 Wednesday. Both organizations said they will have no further comment. Ryan, 32, did not play for Ottawa in a win in Detroit on...
NHLPA Declining CBA Opt-Out a Win for Hockey Fans

NHLPA Declining CBA Opt-Out a Win for Hockey Fans

September 19th, 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 had decided to re-open the CBA it would open the possibility of a lockout in 2020-21. That threat has been a dark stormy cloud on the horizon for...
NHL Players Stay with CBA, Labour Peace Set to at Least 2022

NHL Players Stay with CBA, Labour Peace Set to at Least 2022

September 16th, 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

Quiet Nature of NHL Labour Talks Breeds Cautious Optimism

September 10th, 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

NHL, NHLPA Set to Meet Again to Talk CBA Extension

September 5th, 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

NHLPA Executive Board Meets, Still Deliberating on CBA

September 5th, 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

NHL Opts Not to Re-open Collective Bargaining Agreement

August 30th, 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

Escrow Tops NHL Players' List of Concerns Ahead of CBA Talks

June 16th, 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

At the Crossroads of Culture, Family, Science and CTE

March 9th, 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 Branch’s seminal reporting on the death of hockey fighter Derek Boogard, at age 28, and the advanced CTE which was found in a posthumous study...
Should NHL Consider a Shorter Season?

Should NHL Consider a Shorter Season?

July 17th, 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 that has the interests of fans, players and the game of hockey at its heart. What's Wrong With the Current Schedule? The NHL currently operates on...
NHL Escrow & Growing Tensions

NHL Escrow & Growing Tensions

May 14th, 2017 If you've ever read about the salary cap in the NHL, you've probably come along the term "escrow." Upon first glance, it's not the prettiest of words and when you dive down deeper, it only gets more ugly. Escrow on its own is defined as "a deed, a bond, money or a piece of property held in trust by a third party to be turned over to...
NHL and NHLPA Announce World Cup Fan Village

NHL and NHLPA Announce World Cup Fan Village

August 17th, 2016 With the NHL’s World Cup of Hockey just around the corner, the NHL and NHLPA held a press conference in Toronto on Wednesday to discuss the events and technological developments associated with the international event. One of the biggest announcements made by the league was the 10-day family oriented World Cup Fan Village that will...
Henrik Lundqvist Donates 60 Sets of Equipment to Players in Sweden

Henrik Lundqvist Donates 60 Sets of Equipment to Players in Sweden

August 10th, 2016 When Henrik Lundqvist isn't backstopping the New York Rangers to wins during the NHL season, he's still saving the day in his home country of Sweden. The veteran netminder recently tweeted out that he had donated 60 sets of equipment to players in Sweden recently, and was "thrilled" to do so. The NHL Players Association Goals &...
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