This year's NHL draft in Ottawa cancelled...

[robyrob]

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=119387
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2020439

3/24/2005

NEW YORK - Sidney Crosby, Gilbert Brule and hundreds of other future NHL prospects will have to wait a while longer for their names to be called - over the phone.

The NHL lockout claimed yet another victim Thursday, wiping out Ottawa's plans to host the June 25-26 draft. The league has been consistent in saying it would not hold a draft until a collective bargaining agreement would be in place. Once that happens, the league will hold the draft via conference call.

There remains, however, a slight chance that a scaled-down version of the draft be held in Ottawa if a CBA is reached in the near future. Sources indicate that version of a mini-draft would probably only feature two rounds and only the top prospects would be invited to Ottawa. The rest of the draft would be done by conference call.

of course the good news is that the Stanley Cup is still up for grabs!

http://freestanley.com/index.html

[Dianne3]

Also, the NHL has filed "unfair labour practices" against the NHLPA with the Labour Relations Board.

Finally, something is happening worth following.