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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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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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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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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After good dialogue with members of the executive board, I decided that it was in the best interests of the membership to conduct a secret ballot vote amongst our player representatives and executive officers so that there are absolutely no questions regarding my election as executive director and general counsel.
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This election process, which was agreed to by the full executive board and without any objections, will continue and will not be disrupted by such baseless actions.
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I remain fully confident and comfortable that after the education process was done in the fall, and with the hundreds of tests that are going to take place over the next several weeks, it will again be clear to everyone that we do not have a problem in the NHL.
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I know from first-hand discussions I've had with the overwhelming majority of our executive board (which consists of 30 player reps and seven executive officers) along with many more players and key player agents, that there is strong support for our executive committee and for me as the executive director. It was certainly gratifying to hear all the support that I have received from the membership.
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I obviously wasn't on the call. But I spoke with several of the player reps who called me afterwards to congratulate me.
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That's part of the (collective bargaining) agreement. Obviously, a lot of people have noted that type of situation and it's something I raised as a concern to the membership.
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It's an internal union matter. Ted has worked diligently for the players ... but in the final analysis this will be a players' decision.
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It's certainly not going to be resurrected after today,
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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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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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It was not a viable strategy, nor did it make sense.