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The Current State Of The NHLPA
by Paul on 03/19/10 at 02:52 PM ET
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from Lester Munson of ESPN,
In the four years since the 2005-06 National Hockey League season was lost to a lockout over an inability to come to a collective bargaining agreement, NHL players have:
• fired the executive director who led them during the lockout.
• hired two new executive directors.
• and fired both of them.
So maybe it shouldn’t be surprising that the players are attempting to draft a new constitution for their union and search for yet another new executive director while they simultaneously try to figure out how their organization has been unraveling. And over all of that, the next CBA negotiation looms. The current six-year deal runs out after next season unless the players extend it to a seventh year, which is their option. (Given the state of the union, that’s a likely scenario.)
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It’s fortunate that the game itself itself has fared much better (other than all these dirty hits, obviously).
There are just so many great rivalries right now, most of which are fairly healthy:
Pittsburgh/Detroit
Pittsburgh/Philly
Pittsburgh/Washington
Washington/Philly
Washington/Carolina
Philly/New Jersey
Detroit/Anaheim
Detroit/Chicago
Chicago/Washington
Anaheim/LA
LA/SJ
Anaheim/SJ
Vancouver/Calgary
Boston/Montreal
Toronto/every team in the NE, Atlantic division and Canada
Lot of good storylines, too, the emergence of the unlikely Phoenix and Colorado being exhibits A and B and the development of guys like Stamkos and Kessel into one-man scoring threats being just behind them. Not to mention the late-career rejuvenations of elder statesman like Holmstrom, Guerin and St Louis. Washington scoring like it’s 1993 and on and on.
Here’s hoping the right stuff can stay front and center from now on.
Posted by steve on 03/19/10 at 05:02 PM ET
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The lockout was in the 2004-05 season.
Posted by Ryan from Toronto on 03/19/10 at 05:02 PM ET