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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.

Agreed, Yoda. The Niedermeyer/Selanne situation last season was a joke.

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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

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Another big .... YAAAAWWWWNNN!!!!

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?

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Unless Burke and Bettman get their heads out of each others' backsides long enough to say it was okay

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Spiny Norman

Ugh, I have a nasty picture in my head now. The contontionist commissioner and his assistant ......

Ugh, I have a nasty picture in my head now. The contontionist commissioner and his assistant ......

Oilers4Ever


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BETTMAN S***S (now THERE'S a nasty visual!)

Well, how many weeks till golaies and defencemen report?

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Spiny Norman

What will be in the reports? Who makes them? Will they be worth waiting for?

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!!)

(now these bad puns beat the cr*pola out of the boring t&r stories!!)
Spiny Norman

That is a fact.

Spiny, are you irked about the boring nature of these threads?

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

You are refusing, then, to be defeated by the twaddle generated by T&R ..... ?

(I think hysteria is setting in now ......)

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!