SevenSeasJim Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 Representatives of both NHL owners and players have not given up hope of salvaging the NHL season and many are confident games will be played this spring. TSN has learned the two sides will meet in New York on Saturday in another attempt to reach an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement. Story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 if Wayne says it's over, it's over for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 Meh... What good is a 30 or 40 game season... Give it up people, hockey is dead this year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elemeno Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 del,we all thought we would find you dead in a ditch last fall. but here we are. so theres always a chance for hockey in canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 Can't say i'm not happy about this...I know it'll be a farce of a season, but christ, I'm jonesing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 The NHL already looks like a joke for canceling the season, they'll look like an even bigger joke if they uncancel it. Add in Steve Moore filing a civil suit against Bertuzzi, May, Burke, Crawford and the Canucks and we've got plenty of great headlines for the sport. Boo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 cmon dave-o maybe the leafs will actually be able to win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 Can't say i'm not happy about this...I know it'll be a farce of a season, but christ, I'm jonesing. Me too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 You do know that I have an undying hatred for the Leafs, right? And I must admit that should some farce of a season start, I'll be the first guy to put my protests away and tune in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 Oh I know about your hatred...GO SENS GO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 I wasn't sure there for a second... C'mon Alfie put it top shelf-ie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 Bring back the Nordiques! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 I meant to use purple! and I would love to have the 'diques back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 Now they're saying there's been no break through today... From the Toronto Star : Hockey talks stalled League, NHLPA meet in New York in attempt to salvage season CANADIAN PRESS NEW YORK- It appears Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and NHL Players' Association president Trevor Linden were unable to kick-start NHL labour talks Saturday. Sources on both sides said no progress was made at the 6 1/2-hour session and there are no talks scheduled for Sunday. The prognosis was bleak. Commissioner Gary Bettman and NHLPA executive director Bob Goodenow were not present. But their right-hand men, the NHL's Bill Daly and NHLPA's Ted Saskin, were in the room, a source said. Also involved were outside counsel Bob Batterman for the NHL and John McCambridge for the union. The players were also represented by Colorado veteran Vincent Damphousse, a vice-president of the union's executive committee, and NHLPA executive Mike Gartner, a source said. Goodenow and other members of the NHLPA committee are in New York, but were not at the meeting. Emergency talks to save the 2004-05 season began at 9 a.m. EST and wrapped up at around 3:30 p.m. at an undisclosed downtown New York location, just three days after the league cancelled the campaign. Gretzky, managing partner of the Phoenix Coyotes, joined talks for the first time in this process, a source confirmed Saturday. The Great One is believed to have been instrumental in bringing both sides back together in an effort to reach a deal and "uncancel" the season. Lemieux, a playing owner, also joined the session for the first time, combining with Gretzky and Daly to represent the owners. The talks come amid reports that the basis of a deal including a $45-million US salary cap was already in place, something denied strongly by both sides. A league official called it completely "untrue," while an NHLPA spokesman said "the report is absolutely false." Talks ended Tuesday night after the NHLPA rejected the league's final offer of a $42.5-million salary cap. The NHLPA's last offer featured a salary cap of $49 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 [color:"purple"] That breaks my heart... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 Funny enough, I've only been to two actual NHL games... Once was as a kid with my Dad, in Winnipeg, to see a Jets game. The other time was out in BC, when my buddy scored us free tickets to a Canucks game at GM Place... My friend from high school, Brandon Convery was playing for the Canucks at the time, which made the game a little more interesting... I was actually kind of excited to catch at least one Senators game since I live in Ottawa now and all... I doubt I'd go to a "farce season" game though... Tickets to NHL games are ridiculously expensive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 done....again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickler Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 Meh... What good is a 30 or 40 game season... Give it up people, hockey is dead ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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