The NHL has fined the Detroit Red Wings $250,000 for comments made by Senior VP Jim Devellano. Devellano called players “cattle” in an interview published earlier in the week.
Bill Daly releases statement - kind of
AbelimagesJust a year after the NFL went through the longest work stoppage in league history due to an owner lockout after the expiration of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the NHL is suffering through the same exact thing. The regular season, which was supposed to begin on October 11, has now been on hold for close to a month.
NHL fans may be more hopeful now, as league officials and members of the players association sat down for the second round of negotiations in four days on Tuesday in an undisclosed location. There is no news whether or not these talks will save the 2012-2013 season, but the league’s deputy commissioner has released a statement that basically said they won’t make a statement until the sides have continued to talk more.
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Devellano stated in an interview with Island Sports News on Thursday that the owners could be viewed as a ranch and the players as cattle (Devellano included himself as part of the cattle). Havlat stated that the players already knew that the owners only view them as commodities and is glad the public finally gets to see this.
Via the Twitter feed of Allan Walsh:
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Is there a chance that NHL owners will cave in the ongoing CBA negotiations with the NHLPA? Not a chance, says one high-ranking team executive.
From the interview with ISN’s Scott Harrigan, which is worth a full read:
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