Alrighty… three items I wanted to cover tonight…
Katz apologizes: ‘It was the wrong message to send.’ Well… actually… the fans said they weren’t going to put up with your BS and gave the owner the finger for once. As much as I love to bug one of my friends about being an Edmonton fan, I must applaud the fans with their solidarity over not dealing with strong-arm tactics from another owner. Katz knows he’s busted… so we put out a full-page ad to apologize. Good for the apologies but you wouldn’t have had to do it if you weren’t trying to put the screws to city council.
Nash Injured: Yep… he got hurt… but I don’t think it’s going to be a bad one. The article on SportsNet.ca says it was a shoulder injury and he actually played another shift after he got hurt… he was pulled for precautionary reasons. Sure. Okay. But when someone does get hurt… and BADLY… the players should already know they kiss any financial coverage good-bye from their NHL clubs when a deal finally gets worked out. If the players are so “solid” against the owners they shouldn’t be playing at all.
CBA Talks: Is it any surprise that a private meeting between Bettman and Fehr got them nowhere. Apparently the discussion today was to figure out HOW to come to an agreement. If they can’t even agree on how to agree… there are problems. I’m pretty sure the whole discussion boiled down to Fehr trying to pitch his revenue-sharing idea while Bettman kicked his ass out the door reminding he wasn’t having any of that. Anyways… yipee… looks like the NHL is going to be cancelling some of it’s regular season games soon… article says to expect an announcement half way through the week.
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