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NHL to repay Niedermayer
Scott Niedermayer is getting his money back ... all of it ... every single cent of the $490,909.08 he was improperly fined by the NHL for missing Anaheim's training camp last season, The Post has learned. As originally reported by The Post on April 20, the former Devil had been fined under Article 15.3 (f) of the collective-bargaining agreement even though he had been granted permission by GM Brian Burke to take an unpaid leave of absence in the wake of Anaheim's 2007 Stanley Cup victory, the fourth championship of the defenseman's career. But the NHL, which ordered Burke and the Ducks to withhold the nearly half-million dollars of Niedermayer's $6.75M salary, acted in error. Rather than file a grievance, Niedermayer and the NHLPA negotiated a settlement with the league.
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I can see the NHL's side on this.
The trend of veterans skipping camp and good portions of the season needs to stop.
YODA
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Agreed, Yoda. The Niedermeyer/Selanne situation last season was a joke.
Oilers: NHI
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If the player is granted a leave of absence, and the league knew about the approval, it never should have come to this in the first place.
Circus Maximus
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1) This is coming from he New York Post, so it is of dubious veracity to say the least
2) The league finding in favor of one of Brian Burke's players/ I am shocked
BETTMAN STILL S***S
Spiny Norman
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The league finding in favor of one of Brian Burke's players/ I am shocked
BETTMAN STILL S***S
Spiny Norman
Spiny, I am flabbergasted at what you are insinuating....... lol
Oilers: NHI
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He should be fined. He missed half the season, so he shouldn't get half his pay, regardless of whether the Ducks said it was okay or not. He wasn't injured, he just took time off. His contract should basically become pro-rated.
wtnelson = Big Chief
Fort Collins , CO
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The fine should have been kept in place. If for whatever reason you miss camp, you have to bear the consequences. I a rookie does it, you can bet he's gonna have to pay the fine and will probably get traded in the next year...
cmh_phx
Tempe , AZ
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a rookie does it, you can bet he's gonna have to pay the fine and will probably get traded in the next year...
cmh_phx |
Unless Burke and Bettman get their heads out of each others' backsides long enough to say it was okay
BETTMAN S***S
Spiny Norman
Total Comments (4005)
Another big .... YAAAAWWWWNNN!!!!
DCruiser
Barrington , IL
Total Comments (4998)
I think we need to do with hockey what they do with basebal..
They talk about "6 weeks till pitchers and catchers report"
Well, how many weeks till golaies and defencemen report?
BETTMAN WILL ALWAYS S***
Spiny Norman
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Unless Burke and Bettman get their heads out of each others' backsides long enough to say it was okay
BETTMAN S***S
Spiny Norman
Ugh, I have a nasty picture in my head now. The contontionist commissioner and his assistant ......
Oilers: NHI
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Ugh, I have a nasty picture in my head now. The contontionist commissioner and his assistant ......
Oilers4Ever
another satisfied customer!
BETTMAN S***S (now THERE'S a nasty visual!)
Spiny Norman
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Well, how many weeks till golaies and defencemen report?
BETTMAN WILL ALWAYS S***
Spiny Norman
What will be in the reports? Who makes them? Will they be worth waiting for?
Oilers: NHI
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What will be in the reports? Who makes them? Will they be worth waiting for?
Oilers4Ever
I think it's a report on "Mark Twain"...but only after they leave the twain station!
(now these bad puns beat the cr*pola out of the boring t&r stories!!)
Spiny Norman
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(now these bad puns beat the cr*pola out of the boring t&r stories!!)
Spiny Norman
That is a fact.
Oilers: NHI
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Spiny, are you irked about the boring nature of these threads?
Oilers: NHI
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Spiny, are you irked about the boring nature of these threads?
Oilers4Ever
I may be, but I'll not be thwarted in my efforts to make this interesting
BETTMAN S***S
Spiny Norman
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You are refusing, then, to be defeated by the twaddle generated by T&R ..... ?
(I think hysteria is setting in now ......)
Oilers: NHI
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You are refusing, then, to be defeated by the twaddle generated by T&R ..... ?
(I think hysteria is setting in now ......)
Oilers4Ever
I will not be defeated by twaddling, and I will brook no babbling!
Spiny Norman
Total Comments (4005)
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