Meet & Greet: Daly, Saskin Get Together, But Not To Bargain
NHL Exec VP & CLO Bill Daly and NHLPA Senior Dir of Business
Affairs Ted Saskin met yesterday in N.Y., but “no negotiating took place and
no plans were made to meet in the future,” according to the AP’s Ira Podell.
NHL VP/Media Relations Frank Brown said, “I know they were in the same place,
but it was more of a conversation as opposed to a negotiation.” Daly and Saskin
discussed last month’s World Cup of Hockey – a joint venture between the NHL
and NHLPA — and other issues, while the ongoing labor dispute was discussed
“just in a passing fashion” (AP, 10/27). A source added, “This wasn’t
a bargaining session” (CP, 10/27).
CRACKING? In Calgary, Randy Sportak reports Flames D
Mike Commodore said that he would “accept a salary cap to solve the NHL lockout.”
Commodore said yesterday on Calgary’s Fan 960-AM, “I’ll take the slap on the
wrist [for making this comment]. I don’t want to spend however long my career
lasts playing here in the [AHL] ... If (a salary cap is) what it takes -– the
sport has to go on -– so I’m going to say, yeah” (CALGARY HERALD, 10/28).
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