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NHL's fear of Fehr

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08:25 AM ET 10.18 | Don Fehr remains a bit of a mystery in the current CBA standoff, and it may be helping force the league's hand. Let's start with the fundamental disconnect in this whole process: the NHL's continuing suspicion of Fehr, who frankly has them both irritated and flummoxed. Internally, they aren't sure if he's trying to facilitate a new agreement or win a negotiating war. They are two completely separate goals -- and we'll see how willing the NHLPA is to compromise when the two sides get back to the bargaining table Thursday. ... Fehr is a new player in the game, and they are still trying to figure him out -- thus far, without much success. Presumably, that fear of Fehr is the primary reason the league to put its offer out there.

The Globe and Mail

Donald Fehr (with Bud Selig), Getty Images

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October 18, 2012 08:32 AM ET

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To quote former president FDR, "There is nothing to Fehr but Fehr himself"

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October 18, 2012 08:54 AM ET

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"I learned that courage was not the absence of Fehr, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that Fehr."
Nelson Mandela

Canuck eh?

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October 18, 2012 08:58 AM ET

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I Fehr not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I Fehr the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.
Bruce Lee

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October 18, 2012 09:09 AM ET

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"Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from Fehr."
Bill Shakespeare

Canuck eh?

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October 18, 2012 09:16 AM ET

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"The whole secret of existence is to have no Fehr."
Buddha

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October 18, 2012 09:26 AM ET

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"The enemy is Fehr. We think it is hate: but, it is Fehr."
Gandhi

Canuck eh?

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October 18, 2012 09:32 AM ET

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"Fehr is pain arising from the anticipation of Bettman(evil)."
Aristotle

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October 18, 2012 09:39 AM ET

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"He who has overcome his Fehrs will truly be free."
Aristotle

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October 18, 2012 09:40 AM ET

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Well, I see this article brought out the faux intellectuals.. Aristotle? Gandhi? Buddha? Shakespeare? Mandela? Bruce Lee (WTF)?

What does Lindsay Lohan say?

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October 18, 2012 09:46 AM ET

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Originally posted 09:40 AM ET 10.18 by Slapshot

Well, I see this article brought out the faux intellectuals.. Aristotle? Gandhi? Buddha? Shakespeare? Mandela? Bruce Lee (WTF)?

What does Lindsay Lohan say?

Fehr is being a pedestrian?

Canuck eh?

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October 18, 2012 09:50 AM ET

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Originally posted 09:40 AM ET 10.18 by Slapshot

Well, I see this article brought out the faux intellectuals.. Aristotle? Gandhi? Buddha? Shakespeare? Mandela? Bruce Lee (WTF)? What does Lindsay Lohan say?

IDK what she says but I am pretty sure her bumper and vanity tags say "Fehr This"

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October 18, 2012 09:52 AM ET

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Originally posted 09:46 AM ET 10.18 by Canuck eh?

Fehr is being a pedestrian?

You get points for being astute! Now, look both ways before negotiating!

Slapshot

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October 18, 2012 09:53 AM ET

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Originally posted 09:40 AM ET 10.18 by Slapshot

Well, I see this article brought out the faux intellectuals.. Aristotle? Gandhi? Buddha? Shakespeare? Mandela? Bruce Lee (WTF)? What does Lindsay Lohan say?

I'll bring it back down for you a little bit here slappy

Has anybody else noticed --------------> Her name is ANALU kinda sounds like a p.orn college

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October 18, 2012 09:54 AM ET

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Originally posted 09:50 AM ET 10.18 by Garbage Man

IDK what she says but I am pretty sure her bumper and vanity tags say "Fehr This"

I understand she's going to be the new guard for our consulate in Benghazi.

Slapshot

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October 18, 2012 09:57 AM ET

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Originally posted 09:53 AM ET 10.18 by Garbage Man

I'll bring it back down for you a little bit here slappyHas anybody else noticed --------------> Her name is ANALU kinda sounds like a p.orn college

You're right. I forgot she graduated Magna **** Laude! As for me, please, please use more little words. Thanks!

Slapshot

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October 18, 2012 10:03 AM ET

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Originally posted 09:39 AM ET 10.18 by Canuck eh?

"He who has overcome his Fehrs will truly be free." Aristotle

"Fehr defeats more people than any other one thing in the world."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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October 18, 2012 10:07 AM ET

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Originally posted 09:52 AM ET 10.18 by Slapshot

You get points for being astute! Now, look both ways before negotiating!

Thanks Slappy. I always wanted to be a stute.

Canuck eh?

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October 18, 2012 10:09 AM ET

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There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.
- George S. Patton

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October 18, 2012 10:12 AM ET

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Originally posted 10:09 AM ET 10.18 by Daffy Duck

There is a time to take counsel of your Fehrs, and there is a time to never listen to any Fehr.- George S. Patton

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