MOAR Morgan

Nope I missed it all

Dan Rosen ‏@drosennhl
Cohen said a Twitter account linked to Serota was hacked but he took action “to immediately dispel any cloud on the mediation process.”

Strombone ‏@strombone1
Sorry just wondering if u wanted to go catch a movie or something?“@GuySerota: Whoever is phoning my house constantly, please stop.”

Nope – if we play the season those contracts are gone anyways.  IMO seeing how the Leafs were the second youngest team last year, playing this season is critical for development purposes including Gardiner, Frattin and Kadri.

I think it was BB

I agree with you here. A lot of the items that some seem to consider “gives” by the NHL are nothing more than dropping requests for movement in their favour on issues that the PA made no attempt to make gains. Some issues that the NHL agreed to seem to be items that are just as important or of more use to owners as they are to players. And some of them seem to be things that the owners should have brought up but didn’t as they were more interested in asking for unrealistic takeaways that they had little chance of getting and no real interest in fighting for other than to be able to claim they had “given” something.    
   
There are a few small gives but they don’t amount to much. Bettman himself described the tone of their first offer of 43/45% of (a shifting) HRR, as “common negotiating practice” to indicate that they were looking for 50/50 and had no intention of pushing for the lower number. They also asked for other gains that had little hope of materializing in the same spirit.    
   
The fact that a number of issues of mutual benefit were brought up by the union and not the NHL, suggests to me that there is more truth to the notion that it has been the NHL who have been intransigent and not bargaining in good faith rather than the PA.  

From what I read it was on the recommendation of the mediation group itself . Apparently they called both side this weekend and suggested it might be the right time for them to get involved 

James Mirtle ‏@mirtle
When the NBA had mediation, it didn’t accomplish much, but there were huge long days of talks at least. If you want a positive.

They would have too or it doesn’t happen 

Looks like a no fault winner/loser way to the middle to me.

I’m thinking more from the standpoint of acquiring potential UFA players… If this season is lost to the lock out. Anaheim won’t have the advantage to extend Perry or Getz before they hit free agency if a deal isn’t reached unless I’m wrong. How mny players would have been extended that will make Free Agency if the season is lost..???. Be a hell of an interesting free agency day I would think. As I stated the only piece I would feel bad about letting essentially walk for nothing would be Lupul.

Don’t really care who gives up what any more …just give up the nonsense and lets play hockey 

OURS!!!