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11-25-2012 , 08:21 PM

#6701

WhiteGoose

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Is this the temporary Grey Cup thread?

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11-25-2012 , 08:22 PM

#6702

NhlNut

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NHL cancels All-Star Game

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11-25-2012 , 08:26 PM

#6703

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NHL cancels All-Star Game

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Yup. Deal will be done in a week. Someone was high when thinking Cololumbus would be a good place for the ASG.

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11-25-2012 , 09:13 PM

#6704

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Lol Calgary.

Lol Toronto finally winning a championship, and it being the Argos.

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11-25-2012 , 09:33 PM

#6705

TJay

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Who is more excited right now, Adam's daughter or Whitegoose?

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11-26-2012 , 02:28 PM

#6706

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Justin Schultz still tearing up the AHL. 28 points in 18 games. I think the Oilers may finally have a d-Man.

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11-26-2012 , 03:00 PM

#6707

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A bit more flex on system issues and Make Whole by owners could change direction of negs, but, some say owners won't or can't give anymore.

lol, I've lost a lot of respect for Dreger during this lockout.

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11-26-2012 , 04:12 PM

#6708

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Originally Posted by Khaos4k

Justin Schultz still tearing up the AHL. 28 points in 18 games. I think the Oilers may finally have a d-Man.

I just came here to post this:

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11-26-2012 , 04:15 PM

#6709

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NHL and NHLPA have agreed to allow U.S. federal mediators to get involved in the labor dispute.

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11-26-2012 , 04:18 PM

#6710

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Originally Posted by DevinLake

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Welp, there goes the season, GG guys.

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11-26-2012 , 04:22 PM

#6711

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Mediator has to be good news

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11-26-2012 , 04:24 PM

#6712

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Originally Posted by Meraxes

DONT THESE PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE SHARKS CUP WINDOW IS RAPIDLY CLOSING JUMBO AND BOYLE ARENT GETTING ANY YOUNGER MOTHER****ERS AND MARLEAU BARELY CARES WHEN THERE IS A SEASON SO WTF PLUS HIS EYEBROWS OR SOMETHING AND PAVELSKI HURT HIS LEG I GUESS? IN SOME BUM**** NOTHING LEAGUE I DONT CARE ABOUT AND WHY ARE WE WASTING A YEAR OF COUTURES PRIME WITH THIS **** AND I GOT A NEW JOB THIS YEAR SO I COULD ACTUALLY AFFORD TO GO TO A GAME OR TWO AND I WAS GONNA GO ON MY BIRTHDAY IN FEB SO THERE BETTER BE A ****ING SEASON BY THEN *******S **** YOU BETTMAN **** YOU FEHR

Even though there is a lockout, there is no break w/r/t the sharks being classy though - still doing a bunch of amazing work in the community through the sharks foundation. They designate days of service, set up drives to give back for the under privileged, and much more, etc. This is when they arent building hospitals for children and stuff. #stillclassy

http://sharks.nhl.com/club/microhome...arksfoundation

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11-26-2012 , 04:28 PM

#6713

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Originally Posted by TJay

Mediator has to be good news

you've never seen american mediation, have you? This is like asking bettman v2.0 to mediate

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11-26-2012 , 04:31 PM

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Crappy. I always thought mediation was basically you sign a document saying 'we give you full power to decide this by X date', and then it's like a trial to prove why it should go your way, and the mediator ends up compromising as fair as possible (or for who he plays squash with.). Am I way off?

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11-26-2012 , 04:32 PM

#6715

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Wait i think I'm mixing up mediation and arbitration ...

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11-26-2012 , 04:35 PM

#6716

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You could redo that whole Hitler/Downfall meme with the "Scouts?" scene from Slapshot. Today's rant, "Mediators?"

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11-26-2012 , 04:38 PM

#6717

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Originally Posted by unicorn_lord

you've never seen american mediation, have you? This is like asking bettman v2.0 to mediate

at the same time its impossible to do worse than the status quo. Isnt this how basketball fixed their lockout last year? Im an optimist, but i really cant see a relative downside.

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11-26-2012 , 04:55 PM

#6718

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Originally Posted by AcTiOnJaCsOn

at the same time its impossible to do worse than the status quo. Isnt this how basketball fixed their lockout last year? Im an optimist, but i really cant see a relative downside.

Let's be honest, is basketball coming back the best example of american mediation?

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11-26-2012 , 05:00 PM

#6719

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Originally Posted by TJay

that sounds like a divorce court.

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11-26-2012 , 05:02 PM

#6720

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lol @ "there goes the season"

doubt it could be any worse than the current situation

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11-26-2012 , 05:12 PM

#6721

DevinLake

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I send people to mediation when I'm sick of dealing with them...

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11-26-2012 , 05:14 PM

#6722

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Originally Posted by TJay

Wait i think I'm mixing up mediation and arbitration ...

yes, you are. mediation is shuttle diplomacy. the mediator has no power to decide anything. all he does is try to help move the negotiations along....

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Originally Posted by AcTiOnJaCsOn

at the same time its impossible to do worse than the status quo. Isnt this how basketball fixed their lockout last year? Im an optimist, but i really cant see a relative downside.

but yeah, mediators can be very effective, depending on their skill and the willingness of the parties to participate in good faith. this is a positive development. wish it had happened sooner, but the parties needed to feel there was an impasse before they would agree to it.