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Alexander Semin went to play in Russia lieu of being assigned to the AHL. The Capitals responded by suspending him.me2 said:Has a single player assigned to the minors complained about not being locked out with the NHLers instead? Koltsov went back to Russia, but that was fairly unrelated.
In U.S. law the terms of the CBA remain in place until a new one is negotiated. That's actually the position the NHL should support. If not, all players not under contract could argue they are now unrestricted free agents.Any attempt to push the fact the rosters are undersized isn't likely to get very far. The old CBA is pretty much extinct now we have entered a lockout. The SPC specially allows teams to assign players, and the CBA is dead enough to be fairly worthless.
The BC law is written
"The term of a collective agreement may sometimes expire before a new agreement is reached between the employer and union. In such cases, the terms of the collective agreement remain in effect after its expiry date until either a new agreement is negotiated, a strike or lockout commences, or the union is decertified – whichever occurs first."
I'm not sure of the NRLB's exact position though.
No. The NHL decided who was on the list and who wasn't. Initially they wouldn't even disclose the list to the NHLPA. It wasn't until the union took legal recourse that the NHL turned over the list.The NHL and NHLPA worked on that and agreed on lists. I haven't seen the NHLPA disagree, since they know its good for their younger member to play and earn some money.
From SPECTOR: Sides aren't any closer on foxsports.com:
It appears negotiations between the league and the union could take a nasty turn. According to a recent report in the Ottawa Sun, the NHLPA has filed an ''unfair labor practices'' charge with the U.S. National Labor Relations Board against the NHL for failing to provide a list of locked-out players.
There apparently was some confusion over which players were to be considered locked out by the league. When the union requested a list, the league cattily responded that, since the NHLPA's staff would continue working over the lockout, they'd have a better chance of compiling such a list than the league, which has laid off over 100 staff employees.
There apparently was some confusion over which players were to be considered locked out by the league. When the union requested a list, the league cattily responded that, since the NHLPA's staff would continue working over the lockout, they'd have a better chance of compiling such a list than the league, which has laid off over 100 staff employees.
Even more interesting is the plight of unsigned draftees from 2003. They would likely have a better chance at suing individually than players who already held NHL contracts.If the NHLPA (and their backers here) wanted to be go after a more interesting point I'd target qualifying offers that won't get made this year making players UFAs. Then again, that'll be dealt with in any new CBA, so its moot.