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Results for tag: NHLPA
Posted by:
Spector
on Oct 31, 2009 at 11:41:16 AM
Five years ago the National Hockey League Players Association was locked in mortal combat with the league over a new collective bargaining agreement, specifically the league's desire to impose "cost certainty" upon player salaries. Since giving in to the league by agreeing in July 2005 to accept a salary cap the NHLPA has been in a seemingly constant state of upheaval with its leadership. Bob Goodenow, the executive director who led the PA to two labor victories over the NHL in the 1990s', lost the support of the players during the season-killing 2004-05 lockout and re-signed in the summer of 2005 His replacement was his former lieutenant Ted Saskin but he was fired by the association nearly two years later when it was revealed he'd been reading the players' private association ...
Posted by:
Spector
on Sep 4, 2009 at 12:15:19 PM
As noted in my recent Foxsports.com column the NHLPA’s sudden dismissal of executive director Paul Kelly has led to concerns the PA could hire as his replacement a more hawkish leader, stimulating fears another lockout could be on the horizon once the current CBA expires in 2011 or, if the PA votes for an extension, 2012. While NHL player rep Andrew Ference denied in a recent interview with the Boston Herald the players want to risk another lockout, fellow player rep Garnet Exelby suggested the players had given up too much in the last one and the PA was determined to present a united front next time around. Talk of another lengthy NHL labor war could be premature but it is worthwhile examining the potential issues that will almost certainly be raised the next time the two ... |
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