Monday, December 31, 2012
blog statement...
on this last day of 2012,let us hope that 2013 will much better for everyone,and my New Year's resolution is to be healthy,and hope everyone has enjoyed this blog,in 2012,and there will be more,coming in 2013
NHL collective bargaining agreement(CBA) proposal...
the NHL proposal to the NHLPA is contingent on starting the 2013 NHL season on January 19th,2013,and is for a ten year collective bargaining agreement(CBA),with a mutual option to opt-out,after eight years... even though,the NHL has not moved too much on length of CBA,they have moved on three key areas:contract length,for players,compliance buyouts,and average salary variance,with an option of an one time compliance buyout for the clubs,before the 2013-2014 NHL season... that last option would not count against the club initiating the buyout,but a portion would count(factor into the formula,of determining)against the amount of the hockey related revenue(H.R.R)... the length of players' contracts would be capped at six years(seven if team signed its own free agent)... the variance of the average salary(top player,to bottom player),would now be at 10%,instead of the original 5%... the NHL is proposing to preserve free agency,entry-level contract system,H.R.R. accounting,and definitions,and salary arbitration,intact...
NHL news...
NHL/NHLPA will resume collective bargaining agreement(CBA)talks,today... by the way,i forgot to note the NHL proposal,to the NHLPA,and will detail it,today,instead...
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Lokomotiv Jaroslavl game...
Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 6,Yugra Khanty-Mansisyk 4... coming back from early 3-1 deficit,Lokomotiv Jaroslavl bulldozed Yugra,with five second period goals,to win game,6-4....
blog statement...
i will go through the proposal by the NHL,to the NHLPA to end the lockout later on today.... it is just too cold to sit here,right now...
Saturday, December 29, 2012
collective bargaining agreement talks update...
NHL/NHLPA plan on resuming talks on Sunday,on the new collective bargaining agreement(CBA)...
Friday, December 28, 2012
Lokomotiv Jaroslavl game...
Barys Astana 2,Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 0... in tightly played game,Lokomotiv got shut out...
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Lokomotiv Jaroslavl game...
Avangard Omsk 4,Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 2... after Lokomotiv tied game,early in third period,at 2,Lokomotiv gave up two goals,in last 2:04(one of those,being an empty net goal),to lose game...
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Monday, December 24, 2012
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Saturday, December 22, 2012
hockey news...
NHLPA executive board given the right,by players,to become a trade association(disband the union),and give players the right to file antitrust lawsuits,against the NHL,if they want to want to do it... my opinion:circus goes on,and it is likely there will not be a 2013 season... way to go,NHL,AND NHLPA,or whatever they call themselves... "pox on both your houses"...
Friday, December 21, 2012
Lokomotiv Jaroslavl game...
Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 4,Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 1... after a goal 15:40,into the first period,Avtomobilist got shut down,by Lokomotiv Jaroslavl,and Colorado Avalanche goaltender,Semyon Varlamov,in a dominating 4-1 victory...
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
fans' discontent,and anger...
i have read many fans' comments about the NHL lockout,in New Jersey,Boston,Anaheim,and Minnesota,along with Canadian fans,and the vast majority of those fans are very very pissed at this circus... some are irritated,some are mad,some are upset,and some are simply unmentionable in their comments,telling both sides to put it,"where the sun does not shine"(that is being kind)... some fans will not buy anything,see hockey,or buy anything at the arenas,when the NHL comes back... they remember seven years ago,and the last NHL lockout,and they have had it,because they feel royally screwed over by both the NHL,and the NHLPA... one fan mentioned being screwed over in 1994,when MLB,and MLBPA shut down the season,and cancelled that year's World Series,and his lack of interest in baseball since,and he also mentioned the one common link,between that lockout,and this year's lockout-Donald Fehr,who is,in my opinion,a real piece of work,and an egomaniac... sorry,folks,but that is how i feel,and to tell you the truth,i had to clean up my words,to even say that... my opinion goes way back to 1994,when i was a Montreal Expos' fan,and they had the best record in baseball,and directly because of lockout/cancellation,of the 1994 season/World Series(it hastened the departure),and the really bad stadium situation,in Montreal,the team moved to Washington D.C.... i,in no way,absolve the owners in this circus/debacle,because it is a two way street,because there are some owners,who are as hardline,and hardnose,as Fehr,in their opinions that the NHL is losing money,overall,and some small market teams are losing money... i believe that to be true,but the lockout is helping no one,and the negotiation teams do not care about the fans at all... like one fan said,"they're losing the hardcore fan,now"... what a real shame!!!!!!!!
Monday, December 17, 2012
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Saturday, December 15, 2012
AHL,and ECHL update,and a statement...
both the Toledo Walleye(in the East Coast Hockey League),and the Grand Rapids Griffiths(in the American Hockey League)are first place teams,right now,in the respective leagues... Toledo is 15-10-0-1,and Grand Rapids is 13-8-1-1... folks,i have to apologize for not updating this before now,but the ongoing NHL lockout has made doing this blog very difficult,recently...
Friday, December 14, 2012
sad news,and moronic stupidity,in New York...
NHL filed two motions,today:one in Federal Court,and one with the National Labor Relations Board,one being a Class Action Complaint,in Federal Court,and one being an Unfair Labor Practice Charge,with the NLRB... the Class Action Complaint deals with a declaration that deals the legality of the NHL lockout,and the Unfair Labor Practice Charge deals with the charge that the NHLPA is trying to decertify,and by claiming,"disclaim interest",which is,the NHL claims,is an unlawful subversion of the collective bargaining process,and conduct that constitutes bad faith bargaining,under the National Labor Relations Act...
Thursday, December 13, 2012
a fan's discontent...
simply said,the NHL/NHLPA lockout,and negotiations sucks,and the fact that the fans of the NHL,and of the beautiful game of hockey,have been screwed by the "millionaires fighting the millionaires/billionaires(in case of the Toronto Maple Leafs,being worth $1B,overall)",over money,really stinks like a dead fish,because the fans who have helped give the NHL record revenues over the past seven years,and the fans get a royal slap in their collective faces,by people,who say that they care for the fans,and the lockout going on ninety days,with no letup in sight,they keep on proving that they are all-in for the almighty dollar,and they could really care less about the real,and true fans,and nothing else,period... to the NHL/NHLPA,do not lie about caring about the fans,because if you were very serious about this circus ending soon,you would have started negotiations before the end of last season,not in late July/early August,and then take days off between negotiations,and dragging your corporate feet in concrete,and not have a game plan to solve this circus,before the fans' real anger simmered,and boiled over... "a pox on both of your houses",period...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
NHL news...
NHL/NHLPA used the Federal Mediation,and Conciliation Services,today,in their collective bargaining agreement(CBA) talks,for the second time,in two weeks,but no progress was reported...
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Monday, December 10, 2012
NHL news...
NHL/NHLPA want to resume collective bargaining agreement(CBA)talks this week,and the NHL has cancelled games through December 30th... my opinion:who cares!!!!!!!!!
Sunday, December 9, 2012
NHL historical trivia...
on December 8,1987,Ron Hextall became the first goaltender to shoot the puck,into the opposing net for a goal,against the Boston Bruins,with 1:12 left,in the third period,to put the Flyers up 5-2,in a 5-2 Flyers' win... he also scored a short handed goal,against the Washington Capitals,in the 1988-1989 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs,in a 8-5 Flyers' win,on April 11,1989... he and Martin Brodeur,of the New Jersey Devils,are the only goaltenders to have two goals,in their NHL careers... Brodeur scored his two goals this way:against the Montreal Canadiens,in the 1996-1997 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs,in a 5-2 Devils' win,on April 17,1997,and he was credited with game winning goal(last Devil to touch puck,before going into opposing goal),in a 4-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers,on February 15,2000...
Saturday, December 8, 2012
blog statement...
simply said,the NHL lockout really sucks,as i am a true fan of the beautiful game of hockey,above all else...
Friday, December 7, 2012
commentary...
this NHL season may be toast,when the NHLPA's proposal infuriated some owners,when the union made new demands... i truly blame "the gloryhog" Donald Fehr,or his brother Steven,more than i blame NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman,because Fehr has killed more than one season(1994 MLB season,and World Series),in his resume,and i truly find him rather disgusting,as a negotiator,because he does not want labor peace,no matter what sport he has represented... that is the way that he does business,and the players thought he would help the process,but he has done nothing,but make the process look like war,and he does not care a flying whit,about anything,anyone,but his massive ego... i love the game of hockey,with a passion that is hard to explain,but this stupid,idiotic,moronic,and sad circus makes me want to vomit,because it will be difficult to ever get the passion back to pre-lockout levels,because i went through this circus in 2004-2005,and that was terrible,but this circus,again,is horrendous,because NO ONE seems to care about the true fans of the game,and they pose,and talk about nothing that makes sense,and they piss off their hardcore fan base that finances their game,with tickets,concessions,merchandise,and their lust for the game,which hockey is the best sport in professional sports,when played at the very top level of excellence that that NHL hockey is,period... when this ends,i would love to be at the very first game played,and see the size,and reaction,of the crowd,at the game,because the fans are very pissed... however,if i wrote this post,in the anger that i have inside my soul,there would not be a word that i can print,because i am very,very pissed at this circus,and both negotiation teams,because they simply do not care about the true fans,because a five year union proposal,on the length of the new collective bargaining agreement,was a non-starter,three months ago,and that has not changed one iota,and the 50/50 split in hockey related revenue proposal,by the owners may also be a non-starter,because the players want a "make whole" provision,to make up for the lost revenue,so nothing has changed much,at all... so expect the 2012-2013 NHL season to be toast,and that is stomach pumping,period...
Thursday, December 6, 2012
commentary...
my brother,who is not a hockey fan,even asked me about the NHL lockout,last night,and i was confused on what to say,because there has been a marathon collective bargaining agreement(CBA)negotiation session,between NHL players,and owners,but there are conflicting reports on how well it is going... according to a report,everything that the owners proposed is off the table,but take that with a grain of salt... the report comes from the NHLPA,and yet,there are other reports that there were "much progress",in those talks,over the last three days,but again,the executive director of the NHLPA(Donald Fehr)or the NHL Commissioner(Gary Bettman)were not in the meeting,either,so i just feel there is more spin,than progress,and time is clicking away on the remainder of the season(if there is one),and people are still posing on both sides,for their own agendas,to make the other side look like morons... this is not to end pretty,because there have been morons on both sides,and even though there will be a collective bargaining agreement(CBA) in the future,there will be very pissed off fans,who may go to games,but not too many,or buy merchandise,from the NHL,or get Center Ice(their NHL hockey package),when lockout is over... as for me,i will not get the Center Ice package,if there is a season,but that is for now,i have to admit,because i am very pissed off,period,and my anger is not going to subside any time soon,and i guarantee that,folks...
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
collective bargaining agreement update...
NHL/NHLPA resume negotiations,on the new collective agreement(CBA),today,after six owners,and eighteen players met yesterday... my opinion:getting tired of this circus!!!! just get the job done....
Lokomotiv Jaroslavl game...
Dynamo Moscow 3,Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 1... Lokomotiv Jaroslavl got blown out in first two periods,and very good goaltending,by Dynamo Moscow,in third period doomed Lokomotiv Jaroslavl,this day...
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Lokomotiv Jaroslavl game,and my oops...
oops,i missed a Lokomotiv Jaroslavl game,Sunday,because of the wild NFL weekend... the score was:Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 3,Neftekhimik Nizhnkamsk 1...
Monday, December 3, 2012
Happy Birthday,Igor....
former Red Wings' player,and three time Stanley Cup winner,Igor Larionov turns 52 today...
Sunday, December 2, 2012
NHL news...
the NHL players agree to meet on Tuesday,with the owners,without the union leadership...
Saturday, December 1, 2012
opinions of mine...
on November 9th,the NHL made an offer that made a 50/50 split,with all contracts paid in full,which is what the players want,among other things,but NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr did not mention that latter part of the email,to the players,in a separate email,later on in the day... both emails made it to NBC,and TSN,both broadcasting partners of the NHL... the NHL has said,for months,that Fehr does not have the best interests of the players,in mind,and knowing what i know about Fehr(going back to 1994 MLB's cancellation of that year's World Series),i have a big hunch that Fehr is playing games,with both the NHLPA,and the NHL,and simply glorifying himself... what a real piece of work,and a real scumbag that he is...
clowns play on...
NHL offered a meeting,on Thursday night/Friday morning,only for the players,to discuss the situation,between the NHL/NHLPA,and the lockout... at least one owner,James Dolan,Chairman of Madison Square Garden,and of the Rangers,and the NBA's Knicks,wants to help in the meeting... Dolan helped end the NBA lockout last year... the NHLPA,after 48 hours,still has not decided whether or not to have the meeting...
NHL news,and comments...
the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services failed in two day mediation sessions,between the NHL,and NHLPA... no new progress in collective bargaining agreement(CBA)negotiations... what is new about this stupid circus? send in the clowns... i forget that they are already there....
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