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NHL to PA: “Let’s give them something to talk about”

by on November 5, 2012 in League News, Morning Mashup - 1,014 Comments

NHL to PA: “Let’s give them something to talk about”
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It looks like the NHL and Players Association are ready to resume talks this week (most likely Tuesday), and now we can briefly have hope again.

Certainly, a marathon talk between Bill Daly and Steve Fehr is a good start, and it gives even more reason for optimism that nothing was leaked from this meeting.

Where I lose some of my optimism is in a) the fact that this deal will rely on Jeremy Jacobs’ ability to compromise, and b) we live in a world where players value the opinion of clowns like Allan Walsh.

Neither side is content to reach the compromise we all envision for them, and both sides will need to let go of this “trying to win” philosophy that has cost them a quarter of a seasons revenue.

I’ll cap this rant early, but root for radio silence on both sides (an understandable challenge for the PA with 700+ members).

Monday Morning Links

Report: New Round of CBA talks planned for next week

Daly and Fehr meet to find common ground

Daly says marathon CBA session covered a lot of ground

Lockout will affect World Junior Team Roster
There could be a few more Leafs in the mix if players like Nugent-Hopkins, Huberdeau, D.Hamilton, R.Murphy and Strome weren’t locks for the team.

Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Garret Sparks eyes Team USA
Sparks is considered by many to be the best bet for the backup job on the junior team. If he has a few more games like the one last Friday, he’ll be a lock.

NHLers lighting it up as kids
Believe it or not Lombardi didn’t always fire the puck dead center into the goaltenders chest.

Finally…
Jeremy Roenick wants to fight a twitter follower for charity by needs legal advice first
In what is one of the best twitter exchanges you’ll ever read, @thekidcanada reminds Roenick that there is a lot of paperwork that goes into punching people in the face.

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  • MSM

    The most productive countries in the world are the ones with big government policies.

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  • http://www.hockey-nerd.com Cameron

    Yep.  It’s amazing to me that anyone even bothers to argue opposite to this.  We literally have proof that those policies produce better results.

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  • DefenceWinsChampionships

    Care to elaborate? 

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  • http://www.hockey-nerd.com Cameron

    Obama re-elected.

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  • http://twitter.com/StevenAndrews Steven Andrews

    Good points, Cameron. 

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  • HowieDoin

    for Marxism?

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  • DefenceWinsChampionships

    No, I know that. I wanted to know why Obama winning gives him hope, lol. Not saying it was the right or wrong decision, just curious as to why he feels that way. 

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  • http://twitter.com/StevenAndrews Steven Andrews

    Can you guys give some examples? Not challenging, just curious which nations you’re referring to. Please don’t say China!

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  • DefenceWinsChampionships

    Wait… Romney has more individual votes… 

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  • Knights2Leafs

    You mean the Repubs and the Dems. My prediction is that the partisanship will actually escalate significantly over the next couple of years. The debacle in Libya first, then an attack on the President for his failure to propose a budget in the last 3 years. This will get  worse before it gets better.

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  • http://www.hockey-nerd.com Cameron

    Norway and Finland come to mind, but there are tons of progressive European countries heading in that direction.  They’re reducing the work week, increasing the standard of living, increasing the quality of education and healthcare, and just generally exceeding us in all major categories here in North America. 

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  • Dangle_My_Berries

    Sweden produces some of the classiest hockey players around….just tossing that out there

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  • DefenceWinsChampionships

    Last time the numbers showed up on NBC, they showed Romney with about a million more individual votes than Obama, but Obama with way more electoral votes, earning him the presidency. That’s a bit fucked up, no? 

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  • http://twitter.com/StevenAndrews Steven Andrews

    Thanks for your responses. I know it’s definitely not as black and white as most people would like to imagine, so I can appreciate a different point of view.

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  • MSM

    Gore had the most votes the first time George W. won.

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  • Tim Horton

     it is still a little fucked up. but the US is a representative democracy, and  gives the smaller states a better say.  I think Obama will have the popular vote when all is accounted for anyway…I Checked when I first started writing this and Romney had the lead but now Obama is ahead by 16,000 still extremely close when we are talking over 100million votes..

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  • Night of The Hanging Chads

    Looks like Obama will win the popular vote.  

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  • Tim Horton

     Hilarious really, so many republicans jumped the gun saying Mitt is the real winner chosen by the people… especially Donald Trump lol  https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump

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  • Night of The Hanging Chads

    Thanks. I don’t use twitter but always fun reading Trump’s looney pronouncements.

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  • Night of The Hanging Chads

    I heard Karl Rove had a meltdown on Faux News tonight.   lol, Any video record posted?

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  • Leafs_17

    is this what u speak of?

    http://deadspin.com/5958372/karl-rove-in-denial-melts-down-on-fox-news-attempts-to-get-network-to-rescind-calling-election

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  • wiski

    The good guys won tonight thank God ;)

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  • Leafs_17

    he should take that 5 million he offered to Obama to relieve his birth certificate and put it towards Hurricane Sandy relief 

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  • Dutchman27

    Coloroda and Washington now most popular ufa destinations.

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  • Night of The Hanging Chads

    Thanks. Karl’s in denial.  lol

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