Chris Johnston via twitter: No time has been set for today’s meeting in New York. Likely means it won’t start until late morning at the earliest.
Darren Dreger via twitter: The ‘make whole’ provision will be the main topic of today’s discussions. How the owners plan on covering some or all of it, remains a huge issue. “Make Whole is tricky. Will be much debate among owners. Will it be covered by the league or individual owners? Much to discuss and decide.”
Michael Grange of Sportsnet: One player agent this week on Don Fehr:
“With all due respect to Don Fehr, this is when he really earns his money. A barrel full of monkeys could get this to 90 per cent of the way done. Now he’s got to take it home.”
Fehr hasn’t drawn any of his $3 million salary since the lockout started on September 15th. Fehr needs to find the balance of satisfying the Sidney Crosby’s (12 year, $104 million deal) and the Chris Campoli’s (unsigned free agents). He has to look out for today’s players who are losing money by not playing, and future players.
John Shannon on Hockey Central – Fairness will solve CBA (Nov. 5th)