Montreal typical?

From TSN:

"The (Canadiens) players, through their Montreal-based lawyer, Michael Cohen, sent a 'cease and desist' letter to the owners of the Canadiens and to the NHL on Friday, Sept. 7."  NHLPA spokesperson Jonathan Weatherdon told the Gazette via email on Sunday.   "Unless they cease their threats to lockout, the players will make an application to the Quebec Labour Board this upcoming week seeking to stop the Canadiens from locking out their players.

"If the Quebec Labour Board agrees, it could order the owners of the Canadiens not to lock out the players or to end a lockout in Quebec if one has started

Maybe for the first time in modern history we'll all benefit from the elitist Montreal attitude.

But what most likely will occur is that the NHL will cite some other law, and everyone in Montreal will be humiliated.

Saw this on twitter:

#CBA Second meeting between NHL, NHLPA has wrapped for the night. No word yet on whether the two sides will meet again tomorrow

— Katie Strang (@KatieStrangESPN) September 8, 2012

As someone said earlier there isn't much hope, but at least they are talking. If they are talking there is at least something. A lot of people are basically live tweeting every trip either party is making to the others Headquaters.

Elsewhere on the Internet Dr. James Mirtle breaks down the major gap between the parties:

To put the two sides’ positions in context, consider that the players earned $1.87-billion of the league’s $3.28-billion in hockey-related revenues a year ago, a 57-43 split the NHLPA would be happy to continue given it pushed the average salary to $2.44-million.

If the league gets its way for the coming season, however, the players’ 46-per-cent share would mean they receive roughly $390-million less than the current agreement based on projected revenue.

Yikes.

@Dave_Stubbs  of HockeyInsideandOut did his first interview with Michel Therrien, and it began like this:

An underrated storyline that has been overshadowed by all the lockout stuff is Therrien back in Montreal. 

Still kind of miss him.

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-If a player is injured, he still receives paychecks during the lockout.  And once he's cleared to play, he stops getting paid.  No clue how that works.

-If a player gets injured playing overseas during the lockout and isn't ready to play when the NHL comes back, that player can be suspended without pay until healthy.

-Signing bonuses, buyouts, and return-of-escrow payments will still be made to players during the lockout.

So bizarre.

“We actually don’t think that meeting on the other issues while the main economic issues remain uncertain would be particularly constructive or productive in terms of resolving those issues,” deputy commissioner Bill Daly wrote in an email to The Post. “A lot has already been done and most of those issues are teed up for resolution if the main issues can be addressed.”

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Today Gabriel Landeskog was named captain of the Colorado Avalanche. This makes him the youngest captain in NHL history. Of course, Sidney Crosby once held that title. Big deal. That means nothing. Younger and younger people are accomplishing things every day. The Crosby fact should be noted a a minor footnote in this story but, of course, some people want to make the story about Sidney Crosby.

People like Rob Rossi.