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Thursday, July 14, 2005

The Settlement
[NHL and NHLPA]

For some of the best analysis and links concerning the settlement between the NHL and the NHLPA, check out Eric McErlain's Off-Wing Opinion. A couple of choice quotes:

Who will be the Bill Belichick of the NHL?

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Some advice to Commissioner Bettman: Apparently keeping the ping pong balls for the Rangers in a freezer the night before the draft will be all you need to get this right.

It seems, by all accounts, that this deal is much worse for the players than the February offer from the owners. If so, how long can Bob Goodenow last as the head of the NHLPA?