Who Killed the NHL Players Association?
Who Killed the NHL Players’ Association? Friday July 8, 2005 Jarome Iginla is the latest guy to beg the mercy of the court. “We’re sorry,” The Flames’ captain tells the Calgary Sun, acknowledging that hockey fans have a right to be “peeved off.” “There are going to be questions afterwards,” Iginla adds. “Even as a group of players it’s something we’ll look back on – as we should – and see if we should have done things a little bit differently or not.” Iginla joins a list of NHL players that includes Manny Legace, Brendan Morrison, Sean Avery and Jeremy Roenick, all of them publicly admitting that the NHL lockout will end in crushing defeat for the Players’ Association, a lost year of their hockey lives with nothing to show for it. Reports from the negotiations confirm that the players have capitulated, fully and completely. Some claim to have
