Leadership on thin ice again
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As unions go, you can't find a better bunch of corporate clowns than the NHL leadership -- you remember, the Just Say No Players Association. They are the guys who went into the 2004-05 lockout without a Plan B, only to see their approach lead to a season surrendered to obstinacy, stupidity, and to be kind, abject mule-headedness.
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The NHL and the players' association are taking another shot at saving the hockey season, which has seemingly been on the brink of cancellation for weeks.
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Man, is it quiet. With just over two weeks to go before the NHL trade deadline, general managers are moving little more than office furniture (tossing desk chairs in frustration?), further underscoring that the new collective bargaining agreement has turned the building of roster chemistry into strictly a midsummer exercise around free agency.
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There have been face-to-face meetings, conference calls, and internal discussions. They will meet again in Dallas the first week in February, hoping to have at least the framework of a plan.
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The National Hockey League lockout featured a return to stern rhetoric on Friday after two days of futile discussions.
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The people of Indonesia deserve good leadership. SBY may well be able to provide it, writes Greg Barton. The quiet nature of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono&#39;s emphatic victory speaks of the nature of the challenges
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Handicapping the race to lead the U.N.
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hockey The board of governors from the 30 NHL teams met yesterday in Chicago and moved closer to ditching the unbalanced schedule, returning to teams playing every other club, by next season. Although a vote won't take place before the group meets again in November, there was a clear indication that the often criticized schedule, instituted after the lockout wiped ...
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Honestly, I don&#39;t know how Bill Lipinski, John Daley, Mike Madigan or Tom Hynes kept a straight face Tuesday. Or how the other dozen political bosses in the room did either.
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There would have been plenty to talk about when player representatives met with union leadership yesterday as the National Hockey League lockout reaches its 48th day.
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Group of Eight leaders  seeking to focus on climate change and Africa at their summit  this week may find it hard not to be distracted by the Russian  bear glowering in the room.
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Yesterday at Ristuccia Arena, coach Dave Lewis had one point of emphasis: offense down low.
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Last year's annual meetings were just the warmup in the battle for corporate control. You ain't seen nothin' yet.
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Is the Defense chief dragging his feet on intelligence?
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The Great One hit TO yesterday and made it feel a bit more like winter. Wayne Gretzky was a pretty fair player in his day, and his time as an executive has been equally well spent.
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These guys are doing what they can, but it just isn't enough.
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It is not often that you sit down for nearly four hours, until after midnight, with a world leader. It is especially strange when that man is Vladimir Putin, hardly regarded as the most forthcoming of interlocutors.