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KK Hockey found this 5/16/2008 on www.reuters.com [flag]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - National Hockey League players have the option to reopen the current labor deal with owners a year early, but likely will not make a final decision until the middle of next season, the players' union chief said on Friday. Three years since NHL teams imposed a salary cap after a bitter labor dispute wiped out the entire 2004-2005 season, the National Hockey League ... [link]

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Looking At The CBA
Published 5/16/2008 by Paul at KK Hockey
... weighing the merits and challenges of reopening the deal at the end of next season, NHLPA Executive Director Paul Kelly told Reuters. “We’re just beginning to have that dialogue with the players,” he said at the Sports Lawyers Association’s annual conference in San Francisco. “I don’t think anyone has a tremendous appetite for serious labor negotiations unless there’s a good, solid business reason for it.” continued

No NHL-NHLPA Labor War in 2009.
Published 5/17/2008 at Spector's Blog
... Reuters recently reported NHLPA Executive Director Paul Kelly said the players likely won’t make a decision on re-opening the current NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement until the middle of the 2008-09 season. ...