December 22nd, 2012There 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 around on both sides, but all signs point to the egos at the very top being the reason we’re still not playing hockey. If you had told me back in September the...
November 14th, 2012It’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 and the board of governors, we start to sense trouble. Bettman used the phrase back in 2005 shortly before cancelling the season. Will the season be...
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 led to yesterday's reported session that lasted until the wee hours of the morning. While there are certainly numerous fronts of...
