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Your Next Exec. Dir. Of The NHLPA Should Be Shanahan
by Paul on 10/04/09 at 07:10 AM ET
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from Larry Brooks of the NY Post,
The idea of naming a player—an athlete without a college degree, no less—to direct a union rather than selecting a labor lawyer or a Fortune 500 corporate attorney or board member, may seem naive, but no one is better educated in the history between the NHL and NHLPA than Shanahan, who has endured one strike and two lockouts through a career that commenced in 1987.
There isn’t a soul who would be on the players’ side who understands the mentality of Gary Bettman and the Board of Governors more acutely than Shanahan, who played a key role in the talks that ended both the 1994-95 deadlock and the 2004-05 stalemate after being invited into the negotiations both times by Bob Goodenow.
Understand, Shanahan has not officially retired. He most certainly has not thrown his hat into the ring for the vacancy at the top of the union. When I asked him on Thursday whether he would consider joining the NHLPA in an executive capacity, Shanahan responded by text, “Haven’t had time to consider anything.”
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Disagree. Kelley or someone like him is still the right approach. That said; a guy like Shanahan could play an important role advising the player reps…that’s what seemed to be missing - a reasonable, well respected player coaching the player reps.
Posted by LT on 10/04/09 at 07:45 AM ET
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Would someone tell Brooks he is irrelevant & Senile !!!
Thanks
Posted by Evilpens on 10/04/09 at 07:44 AM ET