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Marty St. Louis announced his retirement. Hall of Fame career comes to an end.

 

He's too small.  He'll never be successful.

 

Loved watching him play.  All the best to him.

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Anyone plan on purchasing NHL GameCenter or Center Ice?

 

 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

NOTICE TO PERSONS WHO PURCHASED GAME CENTER LIVE FROM THE NHL OR PURCHASED NHL CENTER ICE FROM COMCAST OR DIRECTV

You Have an Opportunity to Subscribe to Discounted Individual Team Packages through NHL GameCenter LIVE and You May Have Access to Free NHL Center Ice Programming through Comcast or DIRECTV 
A federal court authorized this notice. This is not a solicitation from a lawyer.

  • A proposed settlement (the "Settlement") has been reached in a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of consumers who purchased NHL GameCenter LIVE from the NHL or purchased NHL Center Ice from Comcast or DIRECTV between March 12, 2008, and June 10, 2015. The proposed settlement is between the individuals who brought that lawsuit and the defendants. The defendants are the National Hockey League ("NHL"), NHL Enterprises L.P., NHL Interactive Cyberenterprises LLC, New York Rangers Hockey Club, New Jersey Devils LLC, New York Islanders Hockey Club L.P., Comcast-Spectacor L.P., Lincoln Hockey LLC, Lemieux Group, L.P., Hockey Western New York LLC, Chicago Blackhawks Hockey Team Inc., San Jose Sharks LLC, DIRECTV, LLC, DIRECTV Sports Networks LLC, DIRECTV Sports Net Pittsburgh, LLC d/b/a Root Sports Pittsburgh, Comcast Corp., Comcast Sportsnet Philadelphia, L.P, Comcast Sportsnet Mid-Atlantic, L.P., Comcast Sportsnet California, LLC, Comcast Sportsnet Chicago, LLC, and The Madison Square Garden Company ("Defendants"). The lawsuit alleges that the NHL's rules establishing the local broadcast territories and associated blackouts violated federal antitrust laws. If you purchased NHL GameCenter LIVE or NHL Center Ice from Comcast or DIRECTV between March 12, 2008 and June 10, 2015, your legal rights are affected whether you act or do not act. Please read this notice carefully.
  • The lawsuit alleges that the territorial allocation of broadcast rights within the NHL assigned to each of its member clubs and thereafter sold to regional sporting networks violated federal antitrust laws, provides out of market consumers with fewer choices, and inflates prices charged to view broadcasts of live professional hockey games. Defendants dispute Plaintiffs' factual and legal claims and deny any wrongdoing and liability, as well as any adverse effect on consumer choices and that prices charged have been inflated. The parties have concluded that it is in their best interests to settle the litigation to avoid the expense, inconvenience, and uncertainty of litigation.
  • In May 2015, the Court granted in part and denied in part Plaintiffs' motion for class certification. The court held that the individuals who filed this suit could represent a class for the purposes of seeking injunctive relief, but not damages.
  • Under the Settlement and subject to the NHL's continued delineation of its clubs' local broadcast territorial rights, and associated blackout practices, the NHL has agreed to provide seasonal packages of single team's out-of-market games through NHL GameCenter LIVE for each and every NHL Club (e.g., a stream of just the Chicago Blackhawks' out-of-market games). These individual team bundles will be priced at 20% below the cost of the full GameCenter LIVE package. The NHL has also agreed to make this option available to Comcast and DIRECTV so that they may offer unbundled seasonal packages of single team games for each and every NHL Club available through NHL Center Ice, although Comcast and DIRECTV are not obligated to offer such packages.
  • The NHL has also agreed to provide a 17.25% discount to the retail prices for the early bird, renewal, and full-season packages of GameCenter LIVE for the 2015-2016 season. This discount will also apply to any unbundled single team package, meaning that the price for a single team package will be discounted by 17.25% thereby maintaining the 20% discount set forth above.
  • Comcast and DIRECTV have further agreed to provide the first three weeks of the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 Center Ice seasons for free, comprising a 12.5% discount off of the price of a full-season Center Ice package for those customers who subscribe to Center Ice, provided that Comcast and DIRECTV each respectively carries Center Ice for the applicable season.
  • The Court in charge of this case still needs to decide whether or not to approve the Settlement. If the Court approves the Settlement, and after any appeals are resolved, the benefits will be provided automatically to class members.
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http://www.sportingnews.com/nhl/story/2015-07-02/slava-voynov-verdict-jail-time-probation-deported-la-kings-mike-richards?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

Voynov pleads guilty and actually gets (minor) jail time. 90 days with 3 years probation. 

 

Odds on the Kings being totally okay with this because he's still a useful hockey player?

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http://www.sportingnews.com/nhl/story/2015-07-02/slava-voynov-verdict-jail-time-probation-deported-la-kings-mike-richards?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

Voynov pleads guilty and actually gets (minor) jail time. 90 days with 3 years probation. 

 

Odds on the Kings being totally okay with this because he's still a useful hockey player?

There are still some steps before the Kings even get a chance to decide. Still has an NHL suspension and deportation possibilities.

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http://www.sportingnews.com/nhl/story/2015-07-02/slava-voynov-verdict-jail-time-probation-deported-la-kings-mike-richards?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

Voynov pleads guilty and actually gets (minor) jail time. 90 days with 3 years probation. 

 

Odds on the Kings being totally okay with this because he's still a useful hockey player?

 

TSN has him as pleading no contest.

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There are still some steps before the Kings even get a chance to decide. Still has an NHL suspension and deportation possibilities.

Pretty sure they could move to terminate his contract before any of that. Maybe I'm being overly cynical, but failure to make a move to terminate (unless it's not allowed) indicates they'd welcome him back if he clears the other hurdles.

TSN has him as pleading no contest.

And here I thought one of our resident lawyers would be the one to catch that :lol:

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Pretty sure they could move to terminate his contract before any of that. Maybe I'm being overly cynical, but failure to make a move to terminate (unless it's not allowed) indicates they'd welcome him back if he clears the other hurdles.

 

And here I thought one of our resident lawyers would be the one to catch that :lol:

 

They let him practice days after this all came out...

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Remember when Jim Benning was one of the candidates to be our GM?

A year into the job, Canuck fans are ready to lynch the guy.

The fanbase out here is in full meltdown mode:

http://hfboards.hockeysfuture.com/showthread.php?t=1922225

I am so happy we avoided him and Poile. Credit to PLF for finding Murray when he was on none of our radars

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Sabres aside, teams like Calgary and Columbus have done a great job improving themselves. Hamilton and Saad are the steals of the off-season so far. With the Sabres, there are a group of young teams like Columbus, Calagary and possibly the Oliers that look to be  a couple of years away from being the next Chicago, LA, Boston & Pittsburgh at the top of the NHL. We are right at the cusp of  major shift power shift in the NHL. Chicago will still be elite, Pittsburgh & LA are gearing up for final runs at the Cup and Boston, well, after the Hamilton trade I have know idea what's going on there. You can really feel the NHL landscape about to change

 

Anisimov though I'm not a fan will be a huge hole to fill.  They have Wennberg up, but he's going to still be a season or two more away from being a complete second/third line player. Dano had 21 points in 30 games, and was just starting to blossom into a quality C/LW.  Saad was a great trade for them, but they gave up a lot of value. 

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Remember when Jim Benning was one of the candidates to be our GM?

A year into the job, Canuck fans are ready to lynch the guy.

The fanbase out here is in full meltdown mode:

http://hfboards.hockeysfuture.com/showthread.php?t=1922225

 

I honestly cannot fault their GM.  He's rebuilding that porous team.  They're a joke.  Kassian had a horrible work ethic and supposedly was too eager to voice his opinion on things. Half their defense group is 30+,  Kesler insisted on a trade where he couldn't get what he would have.  Benning has done a really good job, as has Dejardins.  They're expecting more than what they should, with the state of that team.  Burrows, Bieksa and other issues there. 

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I honestly cannot fault their GM.  He's rebuilding that porous team.  They're a joke.  Kassian had a horrible work ethic and supposedly was too eager to voice his opinion on things. Half their defense group is 30+,  Kesler insisted on a trade where he couldn't get what he would have.  Benning has done a really good job, as has Dejardins.  They're expecting more than what they should, with the state of that team.  Burrows, Bieksa and other issues there. 

That's the Canuck's fans' issue with Benning: he doesn't seem to commit to either a full rebuild or a playoff push. He gets rid of talent while bringing minimal NHL ready talent back, but keeps his big guns in the Sedins and others. 

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That's the Canuck's fans' issue with Benning: he doesn't seem to commit to either a full rebuild or a playoff push. He gets rid of talent while bringing minimal NHL ready talent back, but keeps his big guns in the Sedins and others.

Canucks fans are silly, then. He's been on the job one year. They expect him to commit entirely one way or the other before knowing the team enough?

 

Everybody had the Nucks written off and they made the playoffs.

The Sedins are probably untradeable (I don't see them accepting deals elsewhere) so they're going to be too good to tank until those two fall off completely. The addition of Vrbata was a very good one.

 

They haven't had a good offseason this time around, but I don't think it's time to call for Benning's head. They've got a ton of young talent that will come into the lineup this year. They could take off immediately or take some time, but Benning has to see what they can do.

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