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Oh, he was mad all right.
With Gary Bettman, there’s no mistaking it. The tense, twitchy body language, the eyes bulging a bit, the normally scripted public relations speak suddenly sounding like the words of a real live human being. That loss of control doesn’t happen often in public settings, but when it does, the whole world knows the commissioner is peeved. This was special, though, standing at the podium in New York on Thursday night. This was extraordinary.
And for some sitting at home interpreting the National Hockey League lockout as though it were a game or a night of theatre, this was evidence finally, that the lawyer who was the National Basketball Association's gift to hockey finally, really gave a damn about the sport just the way the...
It was just another day in the world of labour unrest in the NHL. And it sounds like the next seven days won’t be any easier. Mediation didn't work; was never going to work; will never work in the future. Not when either... more »
Well, let’s be real, few of us thought mediation was going to work anyway. The real question now is where the NHL and NHL Players’ Association go from here after mediation sessions in Woodbridge, N.J., were unable to... more »
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—Far east on Bell Road, barely a slap shot from the cooling shadows of the McDowell Mountains, hockey’s most compelling vortex gathers at center ice. The suits might think they have all the... more »
Good luck to you, Scot L. Beckenbaugh and John Sweeney. You’re going to need it. Those are two of the men who got the call on Monday from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to try to help bring an end to the NHL... more »
In this corner, meet the six owners who will sit at the bargaining table on Tuesday: Ron Burkle (Penguins), Mark Chipman (Jets), Murray Edwards (Flames), Jeremy Jacobs (Bruins), Larry Tanenbaum (Maple Leafs) and Jeff Vinik... more »
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