This is Day 8 of the NHL lockout, 2012 edition. Every day, we'll serve up some CBA talk and help you get your hockey fix. Let's begin, shall we?
CBA roundup
• The games-missed counter, for the time being, remains at 60 exhibition games.
• Great news: The NHL and NHLPA have a meeting scheduled for Monday in Toronto! The not-as-great news that accompanies it? They're meeting to hammer out the conclusions on last year's hockey-related revenue numbers and the escrow payments.
But CBA talks could be close behind: Both sides are hopeful that negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement will resume following Monday's meeting. (TSN)
• If they do resume talks anytime soon, though, the news from Larry Brooks is hardly encouraging that we'll start to see some actual progress:
"A well-placed source reports Bettman has told people he believes the NBA and Stern caved in to save the 2011-12 season by giving the players between 49 and 51 percent of basketball revenue as part of the agreement that ended the lockout last December, and Bettman is resolute in his stance against giving more than 48 percent to the union over the life of the next NHL agreement."
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It's a brief but good read from Brooks, who sees the deal is out there, but says it might not be found before next season. (New York Post)
• A ton of players already have migrated to Europe to the multitude of different leagues on the other side of the pond while the lockout continues. To help you keep those leagues straight, here's a little cheat sheet on the NHL's "competing" leagues where players have fled. (New York Times)
• Speaking of those players who have fled to Europe, Joe Thornton and Rick Nash had a pretty nice second debut for HC Davos in Switzerland (they played for Davos during the lockout in 2004-05). By the end of the first period, Nash had a natural hat trick with assists on each goal coming from Thornton. It probably won't surprise you to know that Davos won the game skating away, 9-2. (Pro Hockey Talk)
• One type of player not flocking to Europe like moths to a flame? Goaltenders. Bruce Garrioch says there just aren't enough jobs for goalies overseas right now for them to continue playing and earning a paycheck. Hmmm, sounds kind of like the NHL where there was hardly any movement on goalies this summer. (Ottawa Sun)
Hockey fix
For today's hockey fix, let's go back to this past season for one of the most exciting regular-season games you'll ever see. The Bruins and Canucks had their one and only rematch from the hotly-contested Stanley Cup Final and it was all that you would have expected and more, including a raucous crowd and Brad Marchand's suspension-earning clip of Sami Salo.
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