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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Bill knows that the concepts they discussed with us on Thursday would not form the basis for an agreement, so he should not be surprised that he hasn't heard from us. We were very clear on Thursday that we would not be negotiating over his proposed concepts.
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I look forward to addressing any concerns Tie or another individual may have with our direction. I don't think it's necessary or appropriate to have these discussions through the media. I can tell you that on any given day, I'm on the phone with dozens of players and today's traffic was heavier than usual. It was certainly gratifying to hear all the support that I have received from the membership.
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I have spoken with Bryan and he expressed great remorse.
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I said before that it's unfortunate that the small group of players involved here have been getting some very bad advice from both their counsel and some of the agents involved but I've tried to look forward to getting through these unnecessary distractions and looking forward to rebuilding the solidarity within our association.