Ted Saskin
Ted Saskin
Ted Saskinis the former NHL Players Association executive director. He assumed the title after Bob Goodenow resigned on July 28, 2005, but was unanimously fired by the NHLPA on May 10, 2007, after a union-commissioned report concluded Saskin had quarterbacked a campaign to hack into player email accounts...
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It's obviously going to be a fantastic showcase of hockey communities and the hockey culture here in Canada. The history of the league and the game itself was built by players from communities throughout Canada.
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Earlier this week, after a number of phone conversations between Chris and I, in which I requested to meet with him, a meeting was scheduled with Chris and the rest of the Red Wings on Thursday in Detroit. In addition, I have e-mailed and phoned Trent on a number of occasions, and he has chosen not to respond to me to discuss any concerns that he has.
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is based on what we now know to be a fairly conservative revenue estimate.
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It's 100 percent certain coming out of today's meeting that nothing could impact the cancellation of the season.
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Of equal importance is a discussion on whether the NHL is prepared to move in the direction of having a real revenue sharing program. We are certainly looking forward to hearing what they have developed in this area.
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It's certainly not going to be resurrected after today,
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A financially healthy league is a positive for everyone, including the players, in the long run. We've always wanted teams to do well.
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The National Hockey League Players Association members have those affected by Hurricane Katrina in their thoughts during this extremely difficult time, ... It is our hope that this donation and the auction proceeds from the players? opening night jerseys will assist the Red Cross in their massive relief effort, and help to ease the burden on the hurricane victims.
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The parties met again today for approximately four hours and broke off with no progress to report.
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While we have not yet received a copy of the charge, based on the information contained in (media) reports we are confident that the charge has no merit whatsoever. It is regrettable that the individuals responsible for filing the charge have chosen to take this step at a time when NHLPA player representatives and executive committee members are in the midst of conducting a democratic and fair election. This election process ... will not be disrupted by such baseless actions.
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We resumed small group meetings with the league this week and spent the better part of four full days discussing a wide range of issues. Further small group meetings are scheduled starting Monday in Toronto.
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What Dick Pound said about a significant percentage, something approaching 30 per cent of our players, taking banned substances is completely without any foundation and remains extraordinarily irresponsible given that he should be aware of the fact that there have been hundreds of tests done on NHL players over the last few years (for international competitions) with no positive results other than this one.
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We spent the last four days in small group meetings continuing to review and negotiate various systemic and economic issues. The two sides will resume small group discussions on Monday in Toronto.
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To date, the NHL has not given us any signal that they're prepared to negotiate a compromise.