Max Power
5-05-05, 2:56 PM
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Domi: CBA talks may need new faces
TSN.ca Staff
5/5/2005 9:49:04 AM
Tie Domi has never been one to shy away from opinion, as the Toronto Maple Leafs forward told the New York Times that new leadership should be considered if the National Hockey League and NHL Players' Association can't negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement.
"If these guys (NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and NHLPA executive director Bob Goodenow) don't get a deal done, there's going to have to be new faces in there," Domi told the Times.
There's a lot of ego, and they don't want to put their pride aside. The fight is over. These two guys have got to get a deal done. They'd better, or they won't be around too long."
"You need trust," he added. "I don't know if these two guys at the top can get this done. That's the bottom line."
Domi, who played parts of 16 seasons with the Leafs, Winnipeg Jets and New York Rangers, added that many of the current concepts the two sides are working at were discussed at a meeting he attended in January with Leafs chairman Larry Tanenbaum, Pittsburgh Penguins player/owner Mario Lemieux, NHLPA senior director Ted Saskin, NHL executive vice president Bill Daly, and NHLPA president Trevor Linden.
In addition to the two meetings today and Friday in Toronto, two more bargaining sessions are scheduled for Monday and Tuesday in New York City before representatives from both sides go to Austria for the world championship. No meetings are currently scheduled to take place in Austria, but the two sides - including Bettman and Goodenow - are slated to get back together again May 18 and 19 in Toronto.
"You can only gouge so much and Gary is gouging," Domi said. "It's not a way to have a partnership. Is Gary trying to break the union? I think he is. I think Gary's more to blame than Bob."
In response, the NHL vice president Bernadette Mansur told the Times, "With all due respect to Mr. Domi, this is not his area of expertise."
The league also re-issued a statement made by Bettman on April 20 after the Board of Governors met in New York.
"We will continue to plan and work very hard with the Players' Association in order to make an agreement to reach a new collective bargaining agreement as soon as possible, so that our players can be back on the ice for the start of the season," Bettman said. "We want them back."
Files from the New York Times were used for this report.
Domi: CBA talks may need new faces
TSN.ca Staff
5/5/2005 9:49:04 AM
Tie Domi has never been one to shy away from opinion, as the Toronto Maple Leafs forward told the New York Times that new leadership should be considered if the National Hockey League and NHL Players' Association can't negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement.
"If these guys (NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and NHLPA executive director Bob Goodenow) don't get a deal done, there's going to have to be new faces in there," Domi told the Times.
There's a lot of ego, and they don't want to put their pride aside. The fight is over. These two guys have got to get a deal done. They'd better, or they won't be around too long."
"You need trust," he added. "I don't know if these two guys at the top can get this done. That's the bottom line."
Domi, who played parts of 16 seasons with the Leafs, Winnipeg Jets and New York Rangers, added that many of the current concepts the two sides are working at were discussed at a meeting he attended in January with Leafs chairman Larry Tanenbaum, Pittsburgh Penguins player/owner Mario Lemieux, NHLPA senior director Ted Saskin, NHL executive vice president Bill Daly, and NHLPA president Trevor Linden.
In addition to the two meetings today and Friday in Toronto, two more bargaining sessions are scheduled for Monday and Tuesday in New York City before representatives from both sides go to Austria for the world championship. No meetings are currently scheduled to take place in Austria, but the two sides - including Bettman and Goodenow - are slated to get back together again May 18 and 19 in Toronto.
"You can only gouge so much and Gary is gouging," Domi said. "It's not a way to have a partnership. Is Gary trying to break the union? I think he is. I think Gary's more to blame than Bob."
In response, the NHL vice president Bernadette Mansur told the Times, "With all due respect to Mr. Domi, this is not his area of expertise."
The league also re-issued a statement made by Bettman on April 20 after the Board of Governors met in New York.
"We will continue to plan and work very hard with the Players' Association in order to make an agreement to reach a new collective bargaining agreement as soon as possible, so that our players can be back on the ice for the start of the season," Bettman said. "We want them back."
Files from the New York Times were used for this report.