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7-14-05, 6:26 PM
Canadian Press
7/14/2005 6:05:00 PM
NHL general managers will get a look at the new face of the NHL, starting Friday in New York.
Bill Daly, the NHL executive vice-president and chief legal officer, will give the GMs a crash course on the new deal in small-group sessions that run through Monday.
It's a crucial meeting for the GMs. This is the document that will dictate the next six years of their lives.
"You're looking forward to getting a peek at it," St. Louis Blues GM Larry Pleau said Thursday. "We've read so much about it. Now we'll see it. I really can't wait, to see what it really looks like and how you're going to structure your team and some of the decisions you're going to make."
Time is not a friend right now for the league's GMs. Once the deal is ratified next Thursday by both the players and owners, clubs will have 10 days to decide on player buyouts and qualifying offers to restricted free agents before free agency is expected to open around Aug. 1.
So this weekend's orientation session is critical.
"They say it's a huge document so there'll be lots to cover but I look forward to seeing it," Boston Bruins GM Mike O'Connell said Thursday. "I look forward to meeting with them and find out how it translates to each team.
"It'll be nice just to find out how we stack up now. What it means to the Bruins."
Buffalo Sabres GM Darcy Regier said it will be nice to separate fact from fiction.
"It's exciting, I'm looking forward to it because up until this point it's all been speculation, everything has been through the media and nothing's been official," Regier said Thursday before boarding a flight headed for New York. "We'll get to know for real what we're dealing with and go from there."
Player agents will also need to cram in some study time. They'll get their orientation session with the NHL Players' Association sometime in the near future.
Also high on the agenda for the GMs is finding out where they'll pick in the July 30 entry draft in Ottawa. The draft lottery is slated to be held behind closed doors during next week's board of governors' meeting in New York, which is tentatively scheduled for Thursday. Commissioner Gary Bettman would then announce the draft lottery results at his ensuing news conference, which will also be used to outline new rule changes and general "re-launch" the game.
Notes: New Anaheim Ducks GM Brian Burke dipped into his Vancouver ties with Thursday's announcement that Bob Murray was Anaheim's new senior vice-president of hockey operations. Murray was a professional scout under Burke with the Canucks from 1999 to 2005 ... The Dallas Stars announced Thursday that their season ticket prices for next season will be reduced by an average of 16 per cent per seat ... The Stars also announced they had hired John Weisbrod as professional scout and Shane Churla as amateur scout ... The New York Islanders announced Thursday that 3,000 tickets will be available for only $10 at each of 10 games in the first half of next season. "It's a thank you to our fans," Islanders GM Mike Milbury said in a statement. "We want them back, and we also believe $10 for an exciting Islanders game at the Coliseum will introduce a new wave of fans to our team."
TSN (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=130363)
7/14/2005 6:05:00 PM
NHL general managers will get a look at the new face of the NHL, starting Friday in New York.
Bill Daly, the NHL executive vice-president and chief legal officer, will give the GMs a crash course on the new deal in small-group sessions that run through Monday.
It's a crucial meeting for the GMs. This is the document that will dictate the next six years of their lives.
"You're looking forward to getting a peek at it," St. Louis Blues GM Larry Pleau said Thursday. "We've read so much about it. Now we'll see it. I really can't wait, to see what it really looks like and how you're going to structure your team and some of the decisions you're going to make."
Time is not a friend right now for the league's GMs. Once the deal is ratified next Thursday by both the players and owners, clubs will have 10 days to decide on player buyouts and qualifying offers to restricted free agents before free agency is expected to open around Aug. 1.
So this weekend's orientation session is critical.
"They say it's a huge document so there'll be lots to cover but I look forward to seeing it," Boston Bruins GM Mike O'Connell said Thursday. "I look forward to meeting with them and find out how it translates to each team.
"It'll be nice just to find out how we stack up now. What it means to the Bruins."
Buffalo Sabres GM Darcy Regier said it will be nice to separate fact from fiction.
"It's exciting, I'm looking forward to it because up until this point it's all been speculation, everything has been through the media and nothing's been official," Regier said Thursday before boarding a flight headed for New York. "We'll get to know for real what we're dealing with and go from there."
Player agents will also need to cram in some study time. They'll get their orientation session with the NHL Players' Association sometime in the near future.
Also high on the agenda for the GMs is finding out where they'll pick in the July 30 entry draft in Ottawa. The draft lottery is slated to be held behind closed doors during next week's board of governors' meeting in New York, which is tentatively scheduled for Thursday. Commissioner Gary Bettman would then announce the draft lottery results at his ensuing news conference, which will also be used to outline new rule changes and general "re-launch" the game.
Notes: New Anaheim Ducks GM Brian Burke dipped into his Vancouver ties with Thursday's announcement that Bob Murray was Anaheim's new senior vice-president of hockey operations. Murray was a professional scout under Burke with the Canucks from 1999 to 2005 ... The Dallas Stars announced Thursday that their season ticket prices for next season will be reduced by an average of 16 per cent per seat ... The Stars also announced they had hired John Weisbrod as professional scout and Shane Churla as amateur scout ... The New York Islanders announced Thursday that 3,000 tickets will be available for only $10 at each of 10 games in the first half of next season. "It's a thank you to our fans," Islanders GM Mike Milbury said in a statement. "We want them back, and we also believe $10 for an exciting Islanders game at the Coliseum will introduce a new wave of fans to our team."
TSN (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=130363)