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Independence In Reporting

by Paul on 10/14/09 at 03:37 PM ET
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via Rich Hammond of LA Kings Insider,

Question: My situation is one in which the Kings have hired me to provide unfiltered coverage of the team, just as I would have for the newspaper. Knowing that there will be some stories and issues that won’t put the team or the league in the best light, do you have any thoughts about a job such as this one?

(Bill) DALY: “I think there’s been an evolution of thought on that. Obviously, as a league, we’re interested in having people cover our sport and being able to communicate and offer content, around our sport, to our fans, both existing fans and new fans. I think we recognize, and have come to recognize over time, that an important element of that is independence in reporting. I think it builds to the credibility of coverage and, as a league, I think we’re generally supportive of independence in reporting.”

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Bill Daly On The Vancouver/Toronto Situation

by Paul on 10/07/09 at 05:10 PM ET
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NEW YORK (October 7, 2009)—Bill Daly, Deputy Commissioner of the National Hockey League, today released the following statement which will serve as the League’s only comment regarding its findings relative to purported tampering allegations as between the Vancouver Canucks and Toronto Maple Leafs’ organizations:

“I confirm the following:

“That Ron Wilson, Head Coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, violated the provisions of NHL By-Law 15 relating to inappropriate public comments by speaking generally to his Club’s potential interest in negotiating with Daniel and Henrik Sedin prior to such time as those players’ existing contracts with Vancouver had expired. The League has imposed a fine on the Maple Leafs’ organization as a result;

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Bill Daly Discusses Numerous NHL Topics

by Paul on 09/03/09 at 09:28 AM ET
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from NHL HomeIce,

NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly spoke to Scott Laughlin on Hockey This Morning regarding several issues including the Coyotes situation, Versus TV battle with DirecTV, and the ousting of Paul Kelly as the NHLPA Executive Director.

continue to listen to the interview…

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Bill Daly On The Phoenix Situation

by Paul on 08/25/09 at 06:34 PM ET
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NEW YORK (August 25, 2009)—National Hockey League Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly tonight released the following statement regarding the NHL submission of a bid to purchase the Phoenix Coyotes franchise out of bankruptcy:

“Today, the League filed its own bid to purchase the Phoenix Coyotes’ franchise out of bankruptcy in an effort to maximize the likelihood that the Club ultimately will be sold to an acceptable purchaser who is committed to operating the franchise in Glendale.

“We remain supportive of the other efforts that have been and are being made to purchase and operate the Coyotes in Glendale, and we will continue to do everything we can to assist interested groups in those efforts leading up to the scheduled sale hearing on September 10, 2009 and thereafter, if the NHL is the winning bidder.

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Bill Daly Talks Numerous Topics

by Paul on 08/06/09 at 11:05 AM ET
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Bill Daly was on Hockey This Morning with Scott Laughlin this morning.  He talked about the future of the Coyotes, the Olympic insurance controversy, and the investigation into the Hossa/Pronger deals by the NHL.

You can listen to the interview here.

thanks to the guys from XM204 Home Ice for passing the link along to me.

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Bill Daly On The Hudler/KHL Deal

by Paul on 07/30/09 at 05:34 PM ET
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from Craig Custance of the Sporting News,

In an e-mail to Sporting News Today, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly wrote that Hudler lost his free agency rights when he elected salary arbitration on July 5.

“It continues to be our position that Hudler is contractually obligated to the Detroit Red Wings,” Daly wrote in an e-mail to SNT. “It’s just another example of the KHL having no regard for NHL contracts.”

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Evening Line

by Paul on 05/07/09 at 09:18 PM ET
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“Mr. Balsillie is acting, again, in total disregard of any rules, or any structure. . . . I would be very surprised if the board would look favourably on the way that Mr. Balsillie has conducted himself in this instance.”

“He makes his own decisions and he’s making a decision that this is the way he wants to get into the National Hockey League. We don’t usually like to pick fights, but we end them.”

-NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly on Jim Balsillie.  More from the CP via TSN.

added 11:129pm, from Paul Waldie and David Shoalts of the Globe and Mail,

The group backing Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie’s bid for the Phoenix Coyotes unleashed its sharpest attack yet on the National Hockey League, alleging in a lawsuit that the league is operating like an “illegal cartel” by blocking Mr. Balsillie’s effort to move the Coyotes to Hamilton.

“The NHL is excluding competition and restraining trade in [the United States and Canada] through the application of unreasonable restrictions in its constitution and bylaws, which are preventing the relocation of the Coyotes from Phoenix, Ariz., to Hamilton, Ont.,” said the lawsuit filed Thursday in Phoenix.

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Daly Update

by Paul on 03/09/09 at 10:29 AM ET
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NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly spoke to Scott Laughlin on Hockey This Morning from the GM Meetings in Florida and talked about the agenda for the week. Bill also talked about the Lighthouse project on Long Island, new ownership possibilities in Phoenix, and the trade deadline deals

Listen to the interview at NHL Home Ice Blog.

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All Bettman And Daly

by Paul on 09/17/08 at 11:59 AM ET
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from NHL PR,

Following yesterday’s NHL’s September Board of Governors meeting yesterday in Toronto, Commissioner Gary Bettman and Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly met with the media to answer questions.  Among the topics discussed: the Alexander Radulov situation; the absence of an NHL-IIHF player transfer agreement; the North American economy and its possible impact on the NHL, and the possibility of expansion.

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Tampering Charges Still Alive

by Alanah McGinley on 08/08/08 at 04:50 PM ET
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From Dan Wood at Ducks Blog,

Just because we haven’t heard anything about it lately doesn’t mean that something couldn’t still come from the Ducks’ formal tampering charge against the Edmonton Oilers.

The NHL gave Edmonton until Friday to respond to the charge filed last month by Ducks general manager Brian Burke after comments made by then-Oilers general manager Kevin Lowe during a July 4 interview with Edmonton’s Team 1260 radio.

NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly, who is on vacation this week, is expected to have something to say on the matter after receiving and processing the Oilers’ response.

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Lockout Achieved A Rational Relationship

by Paul on 07/16/08 at 06:16 PM ET
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from TSN,

(Bill) Daly told the Team 1040 in Vancouver that losing the entire 2004-05 season was worth it - financially.

“It achieved, for us, a rational relationship in the amount of dollars we pay out on a yearly basis to players and the amount of revenues we take in as a league.” Daly told the Team 1040. “That was the goal from the start, and now we have an enforceable relationship between our salaries and our revenues at this point, and that’s what we were trying to achieve.”

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NHL and Predators Respond to Radulov Situation

by Alanah McGinley on 07/11/08 at 05:12 PM ET
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Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile issued the following statement regarding reports that Alexander Radulov has signed a contract to play in Russia…

“Alex is under contract with the Nashville Predators through the 2008-09 season. We are looking forward to him being here for training camp and being a part of this franchise’s success for years to come.”

NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly issued the following statement in response to questions regarding the Alexander Radulov reports:

“It is our understanding, based on the representations made both at our meeting yesterday, but also at an earlier meeting with Mr. Medvedev in May, that the Russian League will not allow a player to play in violation of his contractual obligations in the NHL.”
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*More on the Radulov signing earlier today on KK

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This Morning with Bill Daly

by Alanah McGinley on 07/01/08 at 10:54 AM ET
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This morning, NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly spoke with Scott Laughlin on Hockey This Morning (NHL Home Ice XM 204), discussing the free agent frenzy today. 

Daly also talks about the new Russian league and provides other updates on NHL happenings.

Our thanks to the guys at XM radio for providing this audio.  You can download it here, or listen on the player below:

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Neil Smith on the NHL Hour

by Alanah McGinley on 02/21/08 at 02:55 PM ET
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Neil Smith, former general manager of the New York Rangers, will be the guest on the NHL Hour today.  Hosting the show today will be Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly.

The NHL Hour broadcasts live Thursdays from 4-5 pm ET on NHL Home Ice, (XM channel 204) and NHL.com. The show will re-run on XM Satellite Radio and NHL.com, with archived shows available for download via a podcast on NHL.com.

*At showtime, listen live at this link.  While on the air, listeners can call into the show at 1-877-645-6696, or send questions/comments via this email address: nhlhour@nhl.com.

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NHLPA Changing its Tune

by Alanah McGinley on 12/06/07 at 02:17 PM ET
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From Jim Kelley at Sports Illustrated,

What comes as a shock to long-time observers, however, is that now the NHL Players’ Association wants to get involved, and not necessarily to fight off the suspensions that were handed down by Colin Campbell, the NHL’s Director of Hockey Operations, as well as the perceived threat of additional suspensions that were hinted at by Commissioner Gary Bettman and his deputy, Bill Daly.

Paul Kelly, who barely has found a chair that fits him as the NHLPA’s new executive director said recently that he’s “concerned” about the number of suspensions the Flyers have been given since the start of the season and that not only should the league take a tougher stance, but that his organization should “have a voice in the process.”

Given that he’s not dead, it would be wrong to say that former NHLPA boss Bob Goodenow is spinning in his grave over that one, but it’s not outside the realm of possibility that Kelly’s statement made his head turn. Criticism of Goodenow within and outside the PA often centered on how he handled on-ice or player-on-player violence. The perception (Goodenow argued it was unfair) was that the PA was quick to come to the defense of any perpetrator, but did next to nothing to protect the health, safety and long-term welfare of the player who was unduly or unfairly assaulted.

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Will NHLPA Distance Itself From The League

by Paul on 10/13/07 at 06:34 AM ET
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from Rick Wethead of the Toronto Star

During Saskin’s tenure at the union, emails reveal that NHL chief legal officer and deputy commissioner Bill Daly passed on to Saskin several suggestions about which players and union staff might be conspiring against him. Other emails reveal Saskin had become especially close to Daly and Gary Bettman after his hiring.

In advance of a meeting in Russia in autumn 2006, Saskin emailed the NHL commissioner: “Looks like Bill is getting the Moscow trip in September; I may send Chelios.”

In a response the same day Bettman deadpanned: “With a one-way ticket (cc not bd)?”

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