NHLPA's Kelly comments on expansion

Although he was just six weeks into his new job as executive director of the National Hockey League Players’ Association, Paul Kelly already was in the midst of a whirlwind fall introductory tour that would see him visit all 30 teams by New Year’s Day.

In doing so, Kelly has had a quick acclimation period, something evident in his mid-December phone interview with The Hockey News for our People of Power and Influence issue.

Here is Part 1 of the full, unedited interview; Part 2 – in which Kelly discusses making further changes to the game, new ways in which to market the NHL, and the likelihood of another work stoppage – will appear

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Source: The Hockey News
Par: Adam Proteau
Le 27 décembre 2007

New NHL union leader visits Atlanta, likes the market

When the NHL engaged in its 2004 lockout that ultimately cancelled an entire season, one of the NHL Players Association's arguments against the league's proposal of a hard salary cap on player payroll for every team was that there were teams in bad markets. Move the teams, the theory went, to markets where higher revenues could support the existing player salaries.
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Source: Atlanta Business Chronicle

Par: John Manasso

Le 18 décembre 2007