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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I have spoken with Bryan and he expressed great remorse. I remain confident that this is an isolated occurrence in our sport.
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I can't see anything worse than what they put on the table today.
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He should confine himself to subjects he knows something about.
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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 was not a viable strategy, nor did it make sense.
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Hopefully the lessons learned from our prior history of unsuccessful negotiations can provide a basis for this restart to take place in an atmosphere conducive to making more progress this time.
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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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I don't think it will further the process to respond to comments like those from Jeremy Jacobs suggesting the available deal only gets worse with the passage of time. Obviously the owners' decision to cancel the season will have negative impact on everyone associated with our industry and unfortunately this has been the preferred route to take by owners like Jeremy Jacobs.
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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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Frankly, I'm doubtful (holding a World Cup) is something we'll do. Although we will evaluate everything after these Games.
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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.