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What's going on around the NHL as we hit September

I kid. However: NHL declares hypocritical, political war with Kovalchuk rejection - Puck Daddy - NHL  - Yahoo! Sports If [the arbiter] rules for the NHLPA, the contract is valid; if the NHL wins,...

(1% chance it's me though) First thing: This whole idea that the contract can be tweaked to conform to the CBA, avoiding the arbritration process. No. It can't. 11.6 a (iv) If the Arbitrator...

Things I Care as Little About as The Kovalchuk Contract Saga

The Kovalchuk Rejection, which is not a Robert Ludlum novel, is obviously big news tonight. If you haven't seen this blog's somewhat prescient posts on this topic, visit the Kovalchuk "section" of...

The relevant sections of the CBA: 11.5(g) In the event the League rejects an SPC [...] pursuant to Section 11.6(a) below [...]  if the NHLPA disputes such rejection, [...] the NHLPA must...

[UPDATE: THIS WAS WRITTEN AND POSTED THREE HOURS BEFORE THE LEAGUE VOIDED THE KOVALCHUK CONTRACT. AND THERE IS NO TRUTH TO THE RUMOR THAT THIS BLOG HAS A NEWLY REGISTERED MEMBER GOING BY GBETT2012] ...

Here's another way to look at the data from this weekend's post on the careers of 50-goal scorers (from now on, "50GS"). I took those numbers and focused entirely on two things: (1) the most goals...

[this is yesterday's post, suddenly not so stupid] ...I would not be surprised if the league doesn't approve the deal. Technically, it's a circumvention of the CBA. (Yeah, I know, insert cynicism...