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I can't believe there gonna disturb a great HOCKEY tournament with their sh*t and stupidity :shakehead . Lock them in a room in NYC or in TO and let them there until they sign a deal.
 

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NHL labour talks resume later this week and then head to Austria

INNSBRUCK, Austria (CP) - The NHL and NHL Players' Association will resume labour talks later this week in Toronto before bringing their act overseas here at the world hockey championship.

Meetings are tentatively scheduled to be held Thursday and Friday in Toronto, according to sources.

Thursday may have to be shelved if NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is called to appear in front of the U.S. Congress steroid committee.

Bettman and NHL executive vice-president Bill Daly are then scheduled to arrive in Austria on May 11.

The two sides haven't met since April 19 in New York, when the talks ended with an angry exchange between Boston Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs and NHLPA executive director Bob Goodenow.

The league hopes to meet twice a week from now on in a bid to finally end the lockout.

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NO SHOTS: Martin Brodeur isn't sure if he'll face Slovenia on Tuesday but one thing's for sure, he's not concerned about playing in a game where he'll face very few shots.

"I've played 12 years with only 12 shots a game," Brodeur dead-panned, referring to his defensive-minded New Jersey Devils.

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NO RINGS: Defenceman Dan Boyle felt cheated when the NHL season was wiped out by a lockout, denying his Tampa Bay Lightning the chance to defend the Stanley Cup they won last spring.

"We got the short end of the stick, that's for sure," the defenceman from Ottawa said Sunday. "Half our team still don't have their Stanley Cup rings.

"We didn't get to see the banner go up. It's just frustrating."

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HISTORIC RINK: Olympiahalle, where Canada will play at least the first two rounds of the world championship, was the venue for Winter Olympic hockey in both 1964 and 1976.

The arena was totally renovated for the world championship and now seats 7,140 for hockey. It also has a new practice rink next to the main arena.

Group B and Group C are playing in Innsbruck, while Group A and Group D play at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, where the semifinals and final will be held. The 9,271-seat rink was used at the 1967, 1977, 1987 and 1996 world championships.

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STRENGTH IN NUMBERS - According to the IIHF, the world's smallest hockey-playing country is Portugal, with only 43 registered male players of all ages.

Tiny Andorra has 90 and Leichtenstein has 92.

Slovenia, Canada's next opponent at the world championships, has 888.

Canada is the world leader with 552,049, followed by the United States (485,017), the Czech Republic (80,380), Russia (77,202), Sweden (66,603) and Finland (52,494).

Canada is No. 1 in female players with 62,640 with the U.S. second with 42,292 and Sweden third with 2,888.

Canada also leads with 2,501 indoor rinks, one more than the U.S. Sweden is third with 298.
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Why the hell are they going to go all the way to Austria? Just because the Worlds are there? Something the NHL or NHLPA have absolutely nothing to do with?
 

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Why the hell are they going to go all the way to Austria? Just because the Worlds are there? Something the NHL or NHLPA have absolutely nothing to do with?
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I don't care if they send 'em to the moon if it helps get a deal done!
 
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I love how congress is going to interrupt talks so they continue with their dog and pony show on steroids... yes, that's the most pressing thing in hockey right now.
 
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Isn't it amazing that on April 19th, we heard that the two sides had agreed to begin "a more aggressive meeting schedule." It is now May 2nd, and they've yet to hold another meeting, and won't until late this week.
 
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ColoradoHockeyFan said:
Isn't it amazing that on April 19th, we heard that the two sides had agreed to begin "a more aggressive meeting schedule." It is now May 2nd, and they've yet to hold another meeting, and won't until late this week.
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The only thing that will amaze me at this point, is a deal actually getting done.
 
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Well the players belong to the PA, so I can see how the PA would be there... not sure about the League.
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Not sure about the league .!!!!!.

You don't think that finding some good replacement players for the NHL in this tourney from Slovenia and Ukraine, is on the agenda ??
 
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Not sure about the league .!!!!!.

You don't think that finding some good replacement players for the NHL in this tourney from Slovenia and Ukraine, is on the agenda ??
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Yeah, I'm sure that's the first place they'll look.
 
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Or maybe just maybe they have some business and discussions with the IIHF planned concerning future world championships and olympics.
 

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Maybe Bettman and Goodenow are both hockey fans after all and want to watch the games.
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I am not sure about Bettman but Goodenow certainly is.

He is a long time fan of the Red Wings having been born in Detroit, Michigan. He played junior hockey in Detroit with Mark and Marty Howe. He turned pro after his NCAA career at Harvard where he was team captain, signing a contract with the Flint Generals of the IHL and played 2 seasons (1974 -1976) before going back for his law degree at the University of Detroit in 1976.

He started out as a management labour lawyer with Unisys and then became a player agent in partnership with Brian Burke. Brett Hull was one of his clients.

According to Russ Conway, Goodenow was instrumental in helping to bring Alan Eagleson down as Goodenow and Andy Moog provided Conway with NHLPA documents that would ultimatley lead to the Eagle's criminal convictions in the US and Canada.
 

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I am not sure about Bettman but Goodenow certainly is.

He is a long time fan of the Red Wings having been born in Detroit, Michigan. He played junior hockey in Detroit with Mark and Marty Howe. He turned pro after his NCAA career at Harvard where he was team captain, signing a contract with the Flint Generals of the IHL and played 2 seasons (1974 -1976) before going back for his law degree at the University of Detroit in 1976.

He started out as a management labour lawyer with Unisys and then became a player agent in partnership with Brian Burke. Brett Hull was one of his clients.

According to Russ Conway, Goodenow was instrumental in helping to bring Alan Eagleson down as Goodenow and Andy Moog provided Conway with NHLPA documents that would ultimatley lead to the Eagle's criminal convictions in the US and Canada.
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This PA press release brought to you courtesy of Wetcoaster.

Next Wettie will provide us with the oh so funny "tried to open the puck" story for approx. the 20th time.
 
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Wetcoaster said:
I am not sure about Bettman but Goodenow certainly is.

He is a long time fan of the Red Wings having been born in Detroit, Michigan. He played junior hockey in Detroit with Mark and Marty Howe. He turned pro after his NCAA career at Harvard where he was team captain, signing a contract with the Flint Generals of the IHL and played 2 seasons (1974 -1976) before going back for his law degree at the University of Detroit in 1976.

He started out as a management labour lawyer with Unisys and then became a player agent in partnership with Brian Burke. Brett Hull was one of his clients.
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A great example of someone who used to love hockey, then got involved in the money/business side.

Either that, or a great example of how law school teaches you to be a snake.
 
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