NHL and Gary Bettman on the verge of another lockout? Major new details emerge
Major details emerged regarding an NHL lockout in a recent interview with the league's deputy commissioner and chief legal officer, Bill Daly.
The NHL and the NHLPA are set to negotiate a new Collective Bargaining Agreement after the 2025-26 season, and multiple issues are expected to be discussed.
In the past, such negotiations led to lockouts, in 2004-05 and 2012-13, something everyone wants to avoid repeating.
According to Bill Daly, while some issues will be debated, he doesn't see the same contentiousness as when lockouts occurred.
He discussed the situation in an interview on The Athletic during the recent NHL Players Media Tour in Las Vegas.
Here's what he said:
What's the temperature in the relationship between the league and union, and what do you expect in the next CBA talks?
"Certainly there are things we don't agree on. And there are things that we're going to want in the next CBA that they're going to resist and probably vice versa.
But I don't see any of the contentiousness that I have seen in the past, particularly heading into the '04-05 but even the '12-13 negotiation. I think we all knew we had strong headwinds on (those)."
"Certainly there are things we don't agree on. And there are things that we're going to want in the next CBA that they're going to resist and probably vice versa.
But I don't see any of the contentiousness that I have seen in the past, particularly heading into the '04-05 but even the '12-13 negotiation. I think we all knew we had strong headwinds on (those)."
It's simple: both the league and players want what's best for them, and when it comes to their own interests, things can get heated real fast in the negotiation room.
Fans sure hope that the negotiations will go smoothly and that nothing will come in the way of the 2026-27 season happening.
For more details about the NHL and Bill Daly's stance on the upcoming CBA negotiations, check out the deputy commissioner's full interview in the link below:
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