- Ed Tait of the Winnipeg Free Press: Don Fehr hopes they can get back to the negotiating table ASAP,
“I hope it will be sometime next week,” said Fehr, speaking on TSN 1290’s Hustler and Lawless show Friday afternoon. “We’re waiting for them to be in a position to do that.
“It’s up to them.”
“We think that the proposal the players have put forward is a clear road map to a fair and equitable deal,” Fehr said. “We said that as revenues grow the players will take a much lower share of future revenues, that means their share is going to fall toward 50 per cent.
“We said secondly there needs to be a different form of revenue sharing that is targeted to the teams that need it. We have said, third, that if there are real problems out there we assume that some of the higher-revenue clubs will be willing to share and provide some additional revenue-sharing assistance.
“And, fourth,” continued Fehr, “if there’s going to have to be sacrifice after seven years of record revenues and the enormous concessions the players made last time, more than $3 billion over the life of this agreement, that there has to be some other costs somewhere the owners could limit or cut.”
- Kevin McGran of the Toronto Star: A source has said that unless there is an end to the lockout, Gary Bettman plans to cancel the Winter Classic in November.
“Gary told (the board of governors) he was going to cancel the Winter Classic in November because he didn’t want the players to use the game as leverage,” the source said.
“It’s a scare tactic,” the union source said. “It just proves the NHL has no intention of negotiating any time soon.”
- AP in the Toronto Star: The parents of the late Derek Boogaard are suing the NHLPA for $9.8 million, the $4.8 million remaining on the contract and $5 million in punitive damages according to TMZ. TMZ is also reporting that NHLPA did not file the papers in time to properly collect the money from the Rangers.
“We are saddened to read reports that the parents of the late Derek Boogaard have filed a lawsuit against the NHLPA,” the union said in a statement sent to The Associated Press. “We have not been served with or seen a copy of the complaint, but we are confident that there is no meritorious claim that can be made against the NHLPA in regard to Derek’s tragic death.
“It is not appropriate to comment further at this time.”
- Josh Brown of the Tennessean: The banks scaled the Predators loan from $7.5 million to $3 million to help pay back for the improvements to the Bridgestone Arena. The loan was cut back due to the lockout.
- Rich Hammond of LA Kings Insider: The LA Kings will have 52 names on the cup:
PLAYERS (24)
Jonathan Bernier, Dustin Brown, Jeff Carter, Kyle Clifford, Drew Doughty, Davis Drewiske, Colin Fraser, Simon Gagne, Matt Greene, Dwight King, Anze Kopitar, Trevor Lewis, Alec Martinez, Willie Mitchell, Jordan Nolan, Dustin Penner, Jonathan Quick, Mike Richards, Brad Richardson, Rob Scuderi, Jarret Stoll, Slava Voynov, Kevin Westgarth and Justin Williams.COACHES (5)
Darryl Sutter, John Stevens, Jamie Kompon, Bill Ranford and Ryan Colville (video).HOCKEY OPERATIONS (6)
Dean Lombardi, Ron Hextall, Jeff Solomon, Jack Ferreira, Marshall Dickerson and Lee Callans.SCOUTING STAFF (5)
Rob Laird, Mike Futa, Mark Yannetti, Mike O’Connell and Nelson Emerson.TRAINING/EQUIPMENT STAFF (4)
Chris Kingsley, Darren Granger, Dana Bryson and Myles Hirayama.OWNERSHIP AND FRONT-OFFICE STAFF (8)
Phil Anschutz, Nancy Anschutz, Tim Leiweke, Dan Beckerman, Ted Fikre, Luc Robitaille, Mike Altieri and Chris McGowan.