NHL Players Will Participate in 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
NHL players will be heading to Beijing in February to go for golden glory. After months of “will-they go, won’t they go” speculation, The International Ice Hockey Federation, the NHL,…
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NHL and NHLPA Should Be More Open About Player Health
Professional sports and especially the National Hockey League (NHL) have long done what they can to not disclose player health to the media. Individual team staff and players have also…
NHLPA’s Player Poll: McDavid, Crosby, Marchand, and More
The NHL’s Players’ Association released its annual Player Poll yesterday. If you are not familiar with the poll, it asks NHL players a wide variety of NHL related questions, ranging…
Senators’ Bobby Ryan Enters NHL/NHLPA Assistance Program
Ottawa Senators forward Bobby Ryan will be away from the team while taking part in the NHL/National Hockey League Players’ Association assistance program. The NHL and NHLPA made the announcement…
NHLPA Declining CBA Opt-Out a Win for Hockey Fans
The NHL took a major step forward on Monday when the NHL Players’ Association (NHLPA) announced that they had declined to re-open the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). If the NHLPA…
NHL Players Stay with CBA, Labour Peace Set to at Least 2022
National Hockey League players have decided not to opt out of the collective bargaining agreement, guaranteeing labour peace until at least 2022.
The NHLPA announced its decision Monday just before the deadline to trigger its opt-out clause. Not termin…
Quiet Nature of NHL Labour Talks Breeds Cautious Optimism
Representatives from the NHL and NHL Players’ Association have met numerous times over the past eight months and not once in a secret underground bunker or a dark parking garage.
Unlike previous collective bargaining negotiations that spilled out into …
NHL, NHLPA Set to Meet Again to Talk CBA Extension
CHICAGO — The NHL and NHL Players’ Association will meet again Friday in New York to continue collective bargaining negotiations.
Players have until Sept. 15 to decide whether to terminate the current collective bargaining agreement effective a year fr…
NHLPA Executive Board Meets, Still Deliberating on CBA
NHL players have yet to decide whether to terminate the current collective bargaining agreement with less than two weeks before the deadline to do so.
Roughly 50 players met Wednesday night in Chicago to get an update on talks with the league, which ex…
NHL Opts Not to Re-open Collective Bargaining Agreement
NEW YORK — The NHL has announced it will not exercise its option to re-open the current collective bargaining agreement early.
The league had the right to re-open the CBA until Sunday. It advised the NHL Players’ Association of its decision on Friday.
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Escrow Tops NHL Players’ List of Concerns Ahead of CBA Talks
Jonathan Toews says he just wants his contract to be worth what it says on paper.
Right now, it’s not that simple.
Under terms of the collective bargaining agreement, NHL owners and players divide hockey-related revenue 50/50, and if player salaries ex…
At the Crossroads of Culture, Family, Science and CTE
One of the most complex issues facing sports, including hockey, is chronic traumatic encephalopathy, CTE, a brain disease associated with violent head trauma. It has been six years since John…