The NHLPA's Case

By Daws Butler | Aug 6th 2010 | 5 min read |

A couple of days ago, I laid out what I, in my uninformed opinion, believed was the league’s case against the Kovalchuk contract. I thought I...

The League's Case

By Daws Butler | Aug 2nd 2010 | 21 min read |

According to infallible Twitter, the next chapter in the serial blockbuster known as Kovalchuk Month begins tomorrow, with day one of the hearing. The...

CBA Reading Comprehension Problem?

By Daws Butler | Jul 27th 2010 | 3 min read |

The Hockey News: Ken Campbell’s blog: Kovalchuk contract could be restructured by arbitrator When the NHL Players’ Association filed a grievan...

I disagree with Brian Burke by being even more Burke than Burke is

By Daws Butler | Jul 27th 2010 | 2 min read |

All due respect to Brian Burke, I believe he is wrong about one thing. The quote: Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke isn’t a fan of Kovalchuk-like contr...

No, no, no, there is no "now we pick an arbitrator"

By Daws Butler | Jul 26th 2010 | 4 min read |

[but see UPDATE at the end of the post, as the league apparently, um, didn’t do what the CBA tells them to do. Hey, isn’t that a circum &#...

In Lou We Trust v. the CBA 2: The Reckoning

By Daws Butler | Jul 23rd 2010 | 12 min read |

The second part of ILWT’s CBA analysis is up. My comments on the first part are to be found in the previous post. I also posted a response to th...