Vinik joins meeting between owners and players
2012 NHL Lockout: Player/owners meeting will include Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik
2012 NHL Lockout: Player/owners meeting will include Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik
If the 2012 NHL lockout were to end, as a growing optimistic sentiment suggests, the Lightning may already have its opening-night roster with nary a call-up.
Representatives of the NHL and NHLPA continue talking late into the night on Saturday.
The 2012 NHL lockout drones on but there are stories to behold: Krys Barch speaks from the heart; Daryl Katz apologizes for blackmailing Edmonton; lockout or no, some players on the Lightning are still getting paid.
The rookie camp in Coral Springs, which the Tampa Bay Lightning were set to participate in, becomes a casualty of NHL labor uncertainty.
Procrastination, posturing and propoganda will not solve what owners and the Players Association will discuss during forthcoming labor negotiations.
It's hard to tell at this point whether or not fans should be concerend about how the negotiations between the NHL and its players are going to go.
No-touch icing? Realignment? More intense contract restrictions? No more Gary Bettman? What would you change in the NHL?
It's preview and prediction time with the start of the 2011-12 NHL season... And not all previews and predictions can be positive. The Raw Charge question of the week asks the dour: what do you fear from the new season?