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10-27-2012, 03:27 AM
Updated: October-26-12 12:37 PM | By CBC Sports, cbc.ca
One day after a deadline to save a full 82-game schedule expired, the NHL informed all 30 teams today that it is cancelling games through Nov. 30, Hockey Night in Canada’s Elliotte Friedman tweeted.
The league is expected to make an offical announcement today.
If confirmed by the league, the cancellation would result in a total of 326 regular-season games lost from the season.
Last week, the NHL made a 50-50 proposal to the players on all hockey-related revenues, giving the National Hockey League Players' Association an Oct. 25 deadline to accept the deal and save the entire regular season.
Two days later, the union sent the owners three counterproposals, which were quickly rejected by the league.
Friedman said there was no mention of how the latest cancellations would affect the annual Winter Classic in Detroit, a contest featuring the Red Wings against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Jan. 1.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman maintained a deal needed to be in place by a league-mandated Oct. 25 deadline, allowing for a week of training camp which would've been followed by a full 82-game schedule commencing on Nov. 2.
Proposals dismissed
The NHL and NHLPA met in Toronto 48 hours after the owners’ proposal to discuss three of the union’s counteroffers. One proposal called for a gradual move toward a “50-50” split of revenues if current contracts are honoured.
Players received 57 per cent of the $3.3-billion US revenue generated last season. Based on numbers from the 2011-12 campaign, players would forfeit $231 million a year if they accepted a 50-50 split.
But the league wouldn’t budge.
Bettman, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly and four owners dismissed all three proposals about 10 to 15 minutes after the meeting started.
The acrimony only grew when news surfaced Tuesday that owners and general managers were granted a 48-hour window last week to talk with players regarding the league’s latest contract offer — a development that didn’t sit well with the union.
"Most owners are not allowed to attend bargaining meetings," said Steve Fehr, the NHLPA's special counsel. "No owners are allowed to speak to the media about the bargaining. It is interesting that they are secretly unleashed to talk to the players about the meetings the players can attend, but the owners cannot."
With files from The Canadian Press
One day after a deadline to save a full 82-game schedule expired, the NHL informed all 30 teams today that it is cancelling games through Nov. 30, Hockey Night in Canada’s Elliotte Friedman tweeted.
The league is expected to make an offical announcement today.
If confirmed by the league, the cancellation would result in a total of 326 regular-season games lost from the season.
Last week, the NHL made a 50-50 proposal to the players on all hockey-related revenues, giving the National Hockey League Players' Association an Oct. 25 deadline to accept the deal and save the entire regular season.
Two days later, the union sent the owners three counterproposals, which were quickly rejected by the league.
Friedman said there was no mention of how the latest cancellations would affect the annual Winter Classic in Detroit, a contest featuring the Red Wings against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Jan. 1.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman maintained a deal needed to be in place by a league-mandated Oct. 25 deadline, allowing for a week of training camp which would've been followed by a full 82-game schedule commencing on Nov. 2.
Proposals dismissed
The NHL and NHLPA met in Toronto 48 hours after the owners’ proposal to discuss three of the union’s counteroffers. One proposal called for a gradual move toward a “50-50” split of revenues if current contracts are honoured.
Players received 57 per cent of the $3.3-billion US revenue generated last season. Based on numbers from the 2011-12 campaign, players would forfeit $231 million a year if they accepted a 50-50 split.
But the league wouldn’t budge.
Bettman, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly and four owners dismissed all three proposals about 10 to 15 minutes after the meeting started.
The acrimony only grew when news surfaced Tuesday that owners and general managers were granted a 48-hour window last week to talk with players regarding the league’s latest contract offer — a development that didn’t sit well with the union.
"Most owners are not allowed to attend bargaining meetings," said Steve Fehr, the NHLPA's special counsel. "No owners are allowed to speak to the media about the bargaining. It is interesting that they are secretly unleashed to talk to the players about the meetings the players can attend, but the owners cannot."
With files from The Canadian Press