The NHL and NHLPA met briefly Tuesday but made no progress on a new collective bargaining agreement and offered little hope that a deal is any closer to getting done. NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly didn't even rule out the possibility of involving a federal mediator at some point, although that does not appear imminent. NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr also said the union is not "averse" to outside help and has had discussions with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman about the option. "A mediator can only be helpful if both sides are willing to embrace it and compromise," Daly said. "We certainly haven't ruled out that possibility." The two sides met for approximately two hours, a continuation of Saturday's meeting on hockey-related revenue. The league and union are still staying away from the core economic issues. For instance, they are not currently discussing the division of shares of hockey-related revenue and appear to be at odds about what the current definition even encompasses. Source: ESPN
Hockey players make waaaaaay too much money. Figured the lessons would have been learned with the last lockout but I guess not.
Seems like MLB was the only ones not to have a lockout within the last two years. Instead, they just have horrible umpires that blow huge calls. NHL should have taken a look at the NFL Lockout to try to avoid this mess. Not that it matters to me, either way. I'm not a fan.
