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Fan 590 sports update didn't even mention it.
I guess this time they really are in hiding.....?
I guess this time they really are in hiding.....?
Tuggy said:Both meetings today and tomorrow are in Chicago, I believe. So it's only 10:45 there...what kind of updates do expect to get at this hour? They've probably only just started the meetings.
vopatsrash said:maybe a deal will eventually materialize under the cover of night when we least expect it, however, I'm going to guess even the most fervent hockey supporting media outlets aren't going to really pay attention to a meeting in Chicago without BGGB in attendance, in which it is basically announced ahead of time that they are just going to look at team financials in small groups for the umpteenth time.
There is a bigger chance of Gary Bettman and Bob Goodenow making out today in Times Square than there is of anything newsworthy emerging from this meeting.
This is not a CBA negotiating meeting ..go kim johnsson said:Fan 590 sports update didn't even mention it.
I guess this time they really are in hiding.....?
As it stands now, neither Bob Goodenow nor Gary Bettman will be part of this weeks group dynamic with the focus believed to still be on accounting and financial related items.
The lawyers and principals from each side represent the makeup of the next meeting, and while the league remains confident a deal will be reached relatively soon, the union is more careful in how it distributes its optimism with PA sources suggesting a number of areas of disagreement have yet to be resolved.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/article.jsp?content=20050523_153204_4864
WC Handy said:It seems to me that when Bettman and Goodenow aren't there they're mostly focusing on the books and when they are, they're actually doing some negotiating. That's pretty much what happened last week and it seems to be continuing this week.
They seem to be spending a lot of time on the accounting numbers, one can only assume they have found some serious problems and are attempting to correct the Levitt report before moving forward with negotiationsFLYLine4LIFE said:Anybody hear anything on the radio?
First the NHLPA is trying to avoid IMPASSE not force it .. Filing for union recognition in BC and Quebec is a perfect example to prove that ..Crazy_Ike said:All a part of the master plan to force impasse, go to the courts, and get a close version of the Dec 9 proposal implemented, right Messenger?
Crazy_Ike said:All a part of the master plan to force impasse, go to the courts, and get a close version of the Dec 9 proposal implemented, right Messenger?
hockeytown9321 said:Explain exactly how the PA could declare an impasse, or why they'd want to force the NHL into one. If impasse is truly reached, it benefits management, not labor.
Crazy_Ike said:Just a sarcastic reminder of Messenger's previous posts where he goes on at length about the brilliance of the NHLPA at moving towards its endgame of getting the old CBA or a variant thereof back through the courts, making back millions and billions of dollars from the evil NHL owners who have been out to steal their rightful multimillion dollar salaries from the very beginning of TIME!.
I thought he just wanted to see Crosby in a Leafs uniform...Crazy_Ike said:Just a sarcastic reminder of Messenger's previous posts where he goes on at length about the brilliance of the NHLPA at moving towards its endgame of getting the old CBA or a variant thereof back through the courts, making back millions and billions of dollars from the evil NHL owners who have been out to steal their rightful multimillion dollar salaries from the very beginning of TIME!
Btw, even though it was a joke post, I meant force the owners to declare impasse, not declare impasse themselves.
AXN said:6.5 hours meeting today. Is it going well or not?
This is normally the case, but sometimes a union will declare an impasse. This is usually done when an impasse leads to mediation of the dispute. It's too bad that the NHL and NHLPA had such an agreement.hockeytown9321 said:Explain exactly how the PA could declare an impasse, or why they'd want to force the NHL into one. If impasse is truly reached, it benefits management, not labor.