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Top Negotiators of NHL’s CBA An Embarrassment

Justin Johnson | December 22, 2012

There comes a point when ridiculous becomes even more ridiculous. This seems to happen every week in the NHL CBA negotiations. There is no doubt plenty of blame to go…

Categories NHL News, The Business of Hockey

NHL’s ‘Best Shot’ Never Good Enough

Justin Johnson | November 14, 2012

It’s that eerily similar phrase we know we’ve heard somewhere before. When Gary Bettman comes out and says, “We’ve given it our best shot,” referring to the offer from himself…

Categories NHL News

Floored By The Numbers — But Missing the Point

Jeff Little | November 5, 2012

While the protagonists in the CBA docu-drama have taken an extended sabbatical from direct confrontation, their understudies — Steve Fehr and Bill Daly — have been holding back-channel discussions that…

Categories NHL News, The Business of Hockey

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