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[PortBeach13]

NHL players voted overwhelmingly Thursday to drop the puck, approving a labour deal both sides agreed would trigger radical change in the game.

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[Khan]

f***ing right doggy (american wedding) lol, woot cant wait till they come to new york

[DropThePuck]

"This deal is going to benefit guys like Sean Avery and Manny Legace - who wasn't here," Domi said before leaving Thursday. "It's easy to knock things, especially when things are getting settled, and that's the only thing I had an issue with.

"Speak your mind but don't do it when you haven't even played 100 games in the league. It just wasn't the time for any of those guys to speak up. If Manny Legace had some issues, where was he last night to speak about it? I give Sean Avery credit for being here.

"Manny Legace? I didn't know him, the only thing I knew about him was that he played 10 games when Dominik Hasek played 72 and they won a Stanley Cup. All of a sudden (Legace) is in the headlines for something he said."

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[DropThePuck]

Linden correctly gauged the players' mood at that point, believing they did not want to be locked out for another season. The decision to negotiate with the NHL on the league's terms was more the decision of Linden and the executive committee then that of Goodenow.

"I think it was a recognition that this situation was going to last another year," Linden said. "The polarized positions were unbridgeable.

"It's like two people being separate boats. Either you get in the other boat and try to work a plan out and get something that can work for you or you stay in your own boat and continue floating aimlessly in the ocean."

Linden was noncommittal when asked about Goodenow's future at the helm of the NHLPA.

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[M T]

f***ing right doggy (american wedding) lol, woot cant wait till they come to new york

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No dropping F-bombs

[jigglypuff]

I found this on TSN

The league minimum in the new CBA is expected to be $450,000 US, which would change the payroll structure further.

Which means this is a great deal for guy's like Burnett will make more than they would in 2004-05

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[ahtikullervo]

Nice news.

And I guess players really had no choice...

The score: 464 - 68! Who were those 68? What did a player #68 say? He lost the most $$$...

Comment of the day: "Deal had "player-friendly aspects."" (Bob Goodenow)

[PortBeach13]

Thank God the nightmare is all over!

[ahtikullervo]

Who from the Duck players were present? How did they vote??? Do we ever khnow?

[DropThePuck]

"Maybe this deal isn't how we wanted, how we envisioned, but there are some positives in there, too," said Craig Conroy, who signed with the Kings as a free agent before last season was canceled.

"With this deal, the league can grow, together with the players…. Compared to other leagues and other sports, we're comparable. When it's all said and done, we took 70% [of league revenues] and maybe we shouldn't have been getting that."

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[DropThePuck]

"Great" was the word of the day for the Medicine Hat native. Either that, or Linden had exhausted his vocabulary during a furious schedule of meetings with his mates on the union executive and their counterparts with the league.

"I'm really looking forward to getting back on the ice and playing the greatest game on earth," said Linden. "Now we need to focus on the growth of our great game. We've done some damage and now it's up to everyone in this great game to work extra hard to make sure all our great fans come back. It's a great game and it should be a great game. And we have a great opportunity right now to come out of the gate and have a great product and make everything right."

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Well, great going great players of this great game on ice! We'll now greatly greet the great vote from the great Board of Governors of this great league this great afternoon.

[Dark Knight]

Well, great going great players of this great game on ice!  We'll now greatly greet the great vote from the great Board of Governors of this great league this great afternoon.

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... great...

[DropThePuck]

"If you had told me a year ago we would have had this deal, I probably wouldn't have had any part of it," said Mighty Ducks goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere, one of the club's player representatives. "As it goes along, obviously things change. Negotiations change. Obviously, it's a process that took a long time. The game was broken, and it needed to be fixed.

"If we look to the past, we're all going to be bitter. We all have to just move forward. At the end of the day, we're all still going to be making a good living. We just want to get back to playing."
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"I think fan loyalty in the National Hockey League is a lot stronger and runs a lot deeper than a lot of the so-called experts are saying," Ducks general manager Brian Burke said. "I think the rebound is going to be stronger and quicker than a lot of people think.

"What the league has attained are the key components to move forward, including financial stability for all its partners."

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