Trevor Linden
Trevor Linden
Trevor John Linden, C.M., O.B.C.is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and current president of hockey operations and alternate governor of the Vancouver Canucks. He spent 19 seasons in the National Hockey League, and played centre and right wing with four teams: the Vancouver Canucks, New York Islanders, Montreal Canadiens, and Washington Capitals. Before joining the NHL in 1988, Linden helped the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey Leaguewin consecutive Memorial Cup championships. In addition to appearing in...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth11 April 1970
CityMedicine Hat, Canada
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While I had hoped every member of the executive board would have submitted a vote, I have spoken with a few teams during this process that said they were going to wait to find out what happens with certain claims filed before the National Labor Relations Board and the Department of Labor. We are confident that these claims are without merit and will be withdrawn or dismissed in the near future.
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We have to keep things in perspective a little bit. They're (alleging that there has been) betting on football, not an uncommon thing. I don't think we should get too carried away with throwing people under the bus. It's an unfortunate situation and something that will be taken pretty seriously. Wayne Gretzky is a pretty well-respected guy and he deserves that.
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It was his decision. We want to make sure everyone is comfortable with what happened. We want to make sure we don't have anybody that is unhappy or questioning the process.
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It's important for both sides to take a little time to reassess. Obviously the process at this point hasn't worked and we'll step back and have a look back at how we can move this thing forward. To get right back at it and start firing proposals, I'm not sure is the right way to do it. To reflect, to decide which way to go, I think is important. At the appropriate time, you know, there'll be discussion and we'll get back to it.
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It's important for both sides to take a little time to reassess,
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In February, we grinded for days, days on end,
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To get right back at it and start firing proposals, I'm not sure that's the right way to do it. To reflect, to decide which way to go, I think is important. At the appropriate time, there'll be discussion and we'll get back to it.
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We certainly hope that with this matter behind us, all NHLPA members can come together in order to move forward as an association.
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Bettman and the owners hold the key to getting the season under way.
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Today, when we should be celebrating the start of the 2004-05 NHL season, we are instead left waiting for the league to step forward with a meaningful, non-salary cap proposal, or join us in negotiations on the four-point framework we presented September 9.
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I feel like I'm skating as well as I ever have right now, ... From a physical standpoint, I feel as strong with my skating and shooting as I ever have. I'm just really enjoying playing the game right now.
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For whatever reason early in the year we felt we could get away with not playing a complete game and there were nights we got out competed and we made a lot of mistakes.
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Ted has worked closely with Bob every step of the way and has done an excellent job for the players in our recently concluded CBA negotiations, ... We have every confidence that he will be able to lead our association well in the years to come.
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It's always easy after the fact. I think that we really felt our position was a good one and made sense from a league standpoint.