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A sportswriter at The Globe and Mail, James covers the NHL and the game of hockey. He is a member of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association, a senior editor with McKeen's Hockey and was the NHL network manager at SB Nation from 2008 to 2010. A graduate of Thompson Rivers and Ryerson universities, James grew up in Kamloops, B.C. — one of Canada's great hockey cities — and was a season ticket holder in the Blazers' glory years.
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7 Comments:
Ah, but the teams have cost certainty! Nothing else matters.
It's tough to handcuff a team's minor league transactions at the goalie posiion... any talk of different waiver rules for Gs?
I was under the impression that re-entry waivers had been struck down as a violation of U.S. labor law (as an unreasonable barrier to earning a living) but maybe I dreamed it. In any event, it hurts the players and it hurts the teams. Couldn't the NHL and PA just agreed to strike it from the deal?
I was under the impression that re-entry waivers had been struck down as a violation of U.S. labor law (as an unreasonable barrier to earning a living) but maybe I dreamed it.
As have not heard of such a case, but I could see how requiring re-entry waivers for players on a two-way contract could be considered a violation of labor law. However, I'm not seeing the same justification for players on a one-way contract. Those players are going to make the same living regardless of where they play.
They amended the rule by making an exception for "Veteran Minor League Players", in order to satisfy the AHL player union. I guess Labrabara doesn't qualify.
The intention of the rule is to preven teams from signing/keeping too many good players by assiging some to the minor league and calling them up when needed. (Salary earned when playing for a minor league team doesnt' count towards the cap). The amendment supposedly protects minor leaguers who have the abiltiy in the NHL as a callup (but spends most of their career as AHLer) to earn some extra money.
Crawford's goaltending problems started when he brought Cloutier to LA. Nice to see that he learned from last year's problems. I bet he'd have Bourque go in a shootout instead of Gretzky again too!
When we heard that LAK had extended Cloutier's contract without having him play even one game in a Kings uniform, a lot of Canucks fans spewed chocolate milk through their noses. Half the time he's on IR and the other half of the time he's just plain awful.
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