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Tuesdays with Dani: Post-ASG Links
It's been a week without hockey. I'm not sure how you got through it, but personally I watched hours upon hours of glorious tennis, but there was still this nagging feeling of something missing. If you did catch the skills competition, perhaps you caught Steven Stamkos going three for three on the...
Tuesdays with Dani: Steve Downie fined $2,500
A couple days later, but the NHL has made public that Steve Downie was fined the maximum $2,500 allowed under the CBA for leaving the bench on a legal line change to become involved in an altercation in the game against the Rangers. Is it just me or the maximum of $2,500 seem like a drop in the...
Your NHL Fan Offseason Wishlist Template
Do you love to come up with strange free agency scenarios, but hate getting carpal tunnel from stretching to hit "shift" and "1" at the same time? Have you always wanted to sound like other internet lunatics but never had the same belligerence? Well, Lighthouse Hockey's R&D department knows how...
Bits: And Some Thoughts On The Future
The entry draft is complete and next up on the Islanders agenda is free agency, the arena meetings, continued RFA signings, the referendum and finally, training camp. It will be quite the busy offseason for the Isles this year. Stories on the actual draft and draft party should be ready for early...
Nero-like NHL disciplinary chief suspends Rome.
So the NHL laid down the law (which by the way is not really set in stone), giving the Vancouver Canucks Aaron Rome a four game suspension for his late hit on the Boston Bruins Nathan Horton. Late hit? Yes. Suspension worthy? Yes. Four games? Way off base there! Rome was given the longest...
NHL and NHLPA Announce New Collective Bargaining Agreement
The National Hockey League and its Players' Association have announced that they have concluded negotiations on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement that will be in place for the 2012-13 NHL season. The new agreement has a 6-year lifespan, with NHLPA options to extend for two more beyond that,...
Circumventing The CBA - Legally and Lamorielloey
It's no secret that the Canadian Hockey League enjoys protected status granted to it by the NHL. Once signed by an NHL team, players drafted into the the CHL systems (the Ontario Hockey League, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Western Hockey League) are required to remain with...
Understanding Restricted Free Agency
It's that time of the year again, and year after year I never fully understand the complete concept of restricted free agency. I am sure that I'm not alone in this. So let's start with the basics of it, and I am going to copy and paste what Beantown Canuck (huge thanks, by the way) posted in the...
Paul Kelly Fired: It's Kill or Be Killed
According to sources, part of this group’s desire to get rid of Kelly also stemmed from Kelly ordering an internal audit (by a top former FBI forensic accountant) of the players' association's expenses during the previous three years before he took over. That audit was still ongoing prior to...
Before you read the fiction, learn the facts
Mike Chen does a little reporting to simplify what can be deducted by what is floating in the Media and what is still up for speculation with regards to CBA negotiations. Assuming the framework doesn't fall apart, the number will be agreed upon based on a give and take with things such as last...
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