Thread: Kovalchuk part V, The NHL Strikes Back, NHLPA files Grievance (All Discussion Here )

Originally Posted by jerseydevil

Really? Considering it was scheduled for today and yesterday and there is a 3 hour time difference, you can't just take my word for it???

Here ya go.
Kovalchuk hearing wraps up

really?

it wasn't a matter of taking your word for it. i wanted to read an article about it and couldn't find anything current...

thank you for you help.

OK, not a lot of news there though unfortunately...

So the decision will be on Monday? This looks good for the NHL and their case. My wife works with many different types of arbitrators, (she is a paralegal) and has followed this Kovalchuk saga with a couple of them since it has to do with their chosen field. They are under the impression that a later ruling, (i.e. Monday) signifies that the arbitrator is coming up with the reasons why the deal is being nulified and the proper wording for voiding this deal or any future one like it or that the contract is valid but there will be a fine for trying to circumvent the cap. If it had been a ruling for Kovalchuk it would be a matter of just saying contract is good and we're done with this. One of the arbitrators works in the entertainment field and said it could just be on Monday because it is traditionally a better newsworthy day.

Originally Posted by Rawley19

So the decision will be on Monday? This looks good for the NHL and their case. My wife works with many different types of arbitrators, (she is a paralegal) and has followed this Kovalchuk saga with a couple of them since it has to do with their chosen field. They are under the impression that a later ruling, (i.e. Monday) signifies that the arbitrator is coming up with the reasons why the deal is being nulified and the proper wording for voiding this deal or any future one like it or that the contract is valid but there will be a fine for trying to circumvent the cap. If it had been a ruling for Kovalchuk it would be a matter of just saying contract is good and we're done with this. One of the arbitrators works in the entertainment field and said it could just be on Monday because it is traditionally a better newsworthy day.

You don't feel they'd have to worry about wording it properly if they were going to uphold it? Seems like silly reasoning. A legal decision can't just be, "Yeah. This is good. Next."

Originally Posted by Rawley19

One of the arbitrators works in the entertainment field and said it could just be on Monday because it is traditionally a better newsworthy day.

This.

Originally Posted by SmytheKing

You don't feel they'd have to worry about wording it properly if they were going to uphold it? Seems like silly reasoning. A legal decision can't just be, "Yeah. This is good. Next."

Great point. I probably should have elaborated more on that aspect. The arbitrators my wife talked to, agree for the most part that it is easier to side with an existing contract and the reasons are easier to explain. I apologize for not being clearer.

I just can't see the NHL winning this one, but I certainly hope they do. Not because I'm still holding out hope of Kovalchuk coming here, but because the contract really is nonsense, far worse than the others that get brought up as comparisons.

it would be hilarious if the contract that Dean offered was used as the "reasonable" one that got this contract nullified.

Originally Posted by nosoupforyou

it would be hilarious if the contract that Dean offered was used as the "reasonable" one that got this contract nullified.

So when the arbitrator voids the contract does this thread get moved back to Home Ice?

Surprised no one created a poll yet to whether they think the contract will hold up or be voided.

My money is on voided.