Step Backward in CBA Meeting...

[Myers57]

Bill Daly statement following Sept. 9, 2004
Negotiating session with NHLPA

Sept. 9, 2004

TORONTO - Bill Daly, NHL Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, today released the following statement:

"We are extremely disappointed with what the Union presented to us today. Not only did the Union's proposal fail to move the process toward a resolution but, in fact, represented a step backwards in the process...

http://nhlcbanews.com/news/meeting090904.html

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[Myers57]

This will not be settled at the last moment, with no meetings scheduled yet there will not be a resolution for a while...

[Ebenezer]

This will not be settled at the last moment, with no meetings scheduled yet there will not be a resolution for a while...

(((standing in the shadows leaning up against a tree))) I've been trying to tell you that for a while...

[clumping platelets]

[realmendontwearteal]

when the world cup ends that marks the end of hockey and that sucks ass

[SkateZilla]

espn news says dont expect NHL hockey until 2005 :)

[Đ²]

The owners are claiming that they'll lose less money overall by not having a season, the smart ****ing businesspeople that they are. What a joke.

[Ebenezer]

For the Sabres:

$300 million war chest to be divided equally...

$10 million savings by not playing...

That means last year's $7 mill loss becomes a $13 million gain this year...they will have no problem making an entire season disappear.

[qcsabresfan84]

yea, i was hoping to have a season in the fall, but now im just hoping to have one after christmas.

[Ebenezer]

you will...sadly it might be after Christmas 2005.

[NapalmDeath]

This sucks. Personally I don't think the NHL will ever recover from this. It took what 8 years for MLB to finally recover, and the fan base and TV contracts are way higher.

[pyrrhonist]

I can't fathom what either the owners or NHLPA hope to accomplish with this crap. The NHL fanbase is already a small group, and they look to alienate even more people with this. The only positive (Ok, it's not really a positive) is that the NHL is getting more TV time than it has recently with this lockout.

[SkateZilla]

and the AHL will take over :)

[Đ²]

Superleague with a European Division and a North American (former NHL) Division made up of Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, Detroit and NY here we come

The other scrub cities can apply to join the AHL.