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September 28, 2004
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Talks of futility
While the NHL and NHL Players’ Association always said they both hoped the 2004-05 season would start on time, both sides have been preparing for this for years. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has been using the phrase “cost certainty” for at least three seasons. The union has been instructing players to save money for the same length of time. Given that background, it’s not surprising how little things have changed in negotiations over the past 15 months. Here’s a timeline of NHL-NHLPA talks since the summer of 2003: June 4,2003 Players present owners with a CBA proposal including a one-time five per-cent rollback on salaries, changes to the entry level system, a revenue-sharing plan and a mildly punitive luxury tax that kicks in at $40 million. Oct. 1,2003 The NHL proposes what amounts…
TWO MINUTES IN THE BOX
EDMONTON OILERS POS. Defense AGE 33 BIRTHPLACE Lloydminster, Alta. CORY CROSS Start the clock… Who would play you in a movie? “Hard to say…I’m sure a few guys that don’t like me would say I could play Frankenstein.” Hardest hit you’ve received? “Steve Thomas hammered me with my head down my first year. It didn’t matter that he’s a half-foot shorter than I am-he got me good.” Worst travel experience? “When we flew commercial the entire season in Tampa Bay. I was a rookie, which meant I always got the middle seat. It was a long, long year.” Ever get distracted by the scoreboard? “I’ve been known to glance at the occasional good-looking girl if she’s on the screen.” Funniest thing you’ve seen during a game? “When I was in Atlanta playing in the (IHL) Turner Cup championship, Claude the trumpeter went running down the stairs,…
NHL lockout has players eyeing AHL
Eric Perrin’s timing was impeccable last season. After signing a free agent contract with Tampa Bay following a three-year stint in Finland, Perrin finished fourth in American League scoring with 21 goals and 75 points with the Hershey Bears. The 28-year-old center was recalled to the parent team March 27, appeared in four regular season games and 12 playoff matchups during Tampa Bay’s Stanley Cup run. The Lightning decided to pick up the option on his contract, a one-way deal paying him $400,000. Then along came the lockout. “You could say it’s bad timing this year,” Perrin said. “But you just have to hope that things get settled sooner than later.” On the upside, Perrin at least will be playing during the lockout. He’s signed with Hershey, with an out clause that allows him to report…
Sedin twins surrender, sign identical deals
When crunch time came for Henrik and Daniel Sedin, the two young Swedes decided to resign with the Canucks rather than spend a full year in their homeland. The twins rejected their qualifying offers of $1.24 million and threatened to sit out the NHL season if they did not get something in the $1.7 million range. In the end, the pair agreed to identical one-year contracts for $1.34 million, $100,000 more than their qualifiers. They can still play for MoDo of the Swedish Elite League during the lockout, but will be free to join the Canucks if NHL play resumes. Canucks GM Dave Nonis also signed his other remaining restricted free agent, goal-tender Alex Auld, to finalize all contracts prior to Sept. 15. “We wanted to make sure we got all our players…
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