The Ditch part deux

Speaking of cats, Andy the cat snapped at me today, "I don't know you, don't touch me."

 

how they can pay the rest of the team and these 4 guys is crazy.

 

Had our first preseason game yesterday and Pacioretty opens things up with a 'hat trick'. Hockey is back, my friends!

 

Got a couple split squads in there... no typo.

 

Sad news and my last post about my cat Tux. He barely ate and didn't drink any water all weekend. Vet wants me to come in tomorrow at 4 to put him down. I'm devastated and heartbroken. I never lost a pet of my own before and I've had him since he was 4 weeks old. So sad his life has to end like this at 11 yrs old.

 

Sorry about your loss.

 

thanks Skinny.

 

Sorry to hear cat. Give him a nice comfy, loving last day.

 

i am. the Vet wanted me in today, but i couldn't do it. i needed 1 more night with him.

 

https://94wip.radio.com/flyers-re-s...PctSxfTKk6xDY8XyhAex5YNhT__v2mvHEvli4r8BLD5Pc

TRAVIS KONECNY RESIGNS IN PHILLY. 6 YRS $5.5 PER.

smart move. nothing crazy in money. wish it was 1 year less but i can live with it.

 

The NHL Players' Association will not exercise its right to reopen the NHL/NHLPA Collective Bargaining Agreement, the union announced Monday.

The 10-year agreement that was ratified in January 2013 will remain scheduled to expire Sept. 15, 2022.

The NHL, which faced a Sept. 1 deadline to make its decision, announced Aug. 30 it would not reopen the agreement. The NHLPA had until Monday to decide.

"While players have concerns with the current CBA, we agree with the League that working together to address those concerns is the preferred course of action instead of terminating the agreement following this season," NHLPA executive director Don Fehr said. "We have been having discussions with the League about an extension of the CBA and expect that those talks will continue."

Had the NHL or the NHLPA chose to reopen the CBA, the agreement would have expired Sept. 15, 2020.

"We are pleased with the NHL Players' Association's decision not to reopen the Collective Bargaining Agreement," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said.

"We look forward to continuing to work with the NHLPA for the benefit of all stakeholders, especially our fans."

The NHL and NHLPA have met regularly throughout the offseason to discuss a possible extension and plan to continue meeting. Each side has said the talks have been productive and cordial.

The NHL has lost games because of work stoppages prior to ratifying the past three collective bargaining agreements, including the entire 2004-05 season, and the first three months of 2012-13 and 1994-95.

(NHL.com)

 

So what expires first, the CBA or US tv deal?

 

They both expire at the same time, after the 2021-22 season. When the new tv deal is inked, the players will once again ask for 50% of HRR. The only way I can see a lockout is if the owners want to mess with that number and not budge on the olympics.

 

Sadly that means a deal will have to be made in advance for 2022 because the Olympics are in February.

 

1st period, 2-1 Sabres. They are outshooting the Penguins, 16-1.

 

The CBA expires Sept. 15 2022.
Bettman can decide to give the players their wish for the 2022 games. I think it probably goes down to a BOG vote.

 

Who's going to be this years Jordan Binnington? Woll? UPL? DiPietro?