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By the end of this week, expect the National Hockey League to announce the cancellation of what were supposed to be the first regular season hockey games played. We don't how many games will be cancelled, but what's become clear over the last week is that the threat of missing some of the regular season has been legitimized.
Both sides broke from negotiations today, with no progress made. The NHL released statements, lamenting the 100-million dollar revenue loss preseason hockey would've generated. Guess they have themselves to blame for it, even if they're happy to point the finger at the NHLPA.
Bob McKenzie reminds on twitter than things will only devolve from this point forward.
And to reiterate, we deserve better.
We deserve better than uninteresting updates of player exploits overseas. And we definitely deserve better than the league's laughable threat to bring in replacement players, a move I'd classify as nothing more than a weak attempt to break the union's solidarity-- one that will surely not be acted on.
Though the league has yet to officially suggest they'd consider bringing in replacements, more than one credible source has reported it being discussed.
TSN's Kevin Gibson (formerly of this site) reported today that more than 100 NHL players have signed overseas since the beginning of the lockout. That number could very well double once the first regular season games get cancelled.
If anyone thought the players might adjust their position to ferret out a better offer from the NHL, they're now choking on their optimism.
And on the idea of bringing in a mediator? Deputy Commish Bill Daly says:
""I don't think that we have a lack of communication in this negotiation. They understand what our position is. To this point, we certainly understand what their position is. We just wish it was different."
Where do we go from here?
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