Catching Up on the News
A bunch of interesting items from the hockey world - aside from the Anaheim Ducks holding a 3-1 edge over the Ottawa Senators in the Stanley Cup final.
1. The scandal-plagued NHLPA plans to meet with a couple of sports union heavyweights in Toronto this week: Major League Baseball Player Association’s Donald Fehr, MLBPA legal counsel Michael Weinberg and National Basketball Players Association director Charles Grantham. The trio is apparently going to help the NHLPA, which has been leadership since executive director Ted Saskin was fired “for cause”, map out its future.
2. The Buffalo Sabres have yet to start contract negotiations with free-agent stars Daniel Briere and Chris Drury. To me, Drury seems like a safer bets given the Montreal Canadiens are expected to aggressively pursue the Quebec-born Briere. The Canadiens did not do well during last year’s free-agent campaign, settling for Sergei Samsonov, who was a huge bust.
3. The Stanley Cup finals are doing well on CBC and French-language Reseau des Sports but ratings on NBC in the U.S are - surprise, surprise, down from last year. The NBC affiliate in Tampa Bay cancelled its coverage of the finals to telecast an annual charity telethon.
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