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A very promising report: Financials of a new CBA ‘are done’ 07.15.11 at 2:01 pm ET
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There is reason to believe that the NFL lockout is nearing an end. On Friday, Liz Mullen of the Sports Business Journal tweeted that “a global settlement is a possibility” before the weekend.

This comes on the heels of an earlier report on Friday from NFL Network reporter Albert Breer who wrote that “the economics of a deal are done.” CBS Sports’ Mike Freeman later reported he has heard similar hopeful indications that a deal is close to being finalized. Freeman also reported the players had secured roughly $200,000 per player in insurance had the lockout impacted the season, and as much as $300,000 if the entire season was wiped out.

Breer added that there are “plenty of other hoops” for both players and owners to jump through, including retiree benefits, “player safety, worker’s compensation and injury guarantees, and also litigation entanglements.”

Many close to the story indicated that Thursday was considered the “11th hour” for negotiations and that a deal needed to be in place by Friday or Saturday in order to be drafted in time for owners’ approval at their meetings in Atlanta on July 19. The two sides are then expected in front of U.S. Magistrate Arthur Boylan two days later in Minneapolis, where both sides could tell the judge that an agreement has been reached and is ready for ratification.

Meanwhile, once finished, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that a new CBA “will be 7 to 10 years.”

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  • Bruinman86

    They haven’t been for a month now. These last few weeks have been really bad. If not for great goaltending and a game against a terrible team, they would be winless in their last 12. What happened to this teams aggressive punch you in the face mojo??

  • Titletown1

    Six goals against the 16-20-2 Hurricanes and one against the Canadiens. It was fun to watch tonight, but sorry, it doesn’t prove anything until they do it against quality competition.
    Tonight could have been the resurgence of the B’s or the case of a really bad Carolina team proving just how horrible they are. The B’s have been too inconsistent of late to get excited. Let’s see what happens…..

  • NYCBruinsFan

    Thank the gods for Rask. The Bs were lucky it wasn’t 5-0 in favor of Carolina within the first ten minutes if he wasn’t perfect in goal. Jagr is unbelieveable though, what moves and everyone was saying why did we get a 41 year old. With that double 360, he has better moves than the young guys.

    Nice seeing some offensive and seeing them score some goals, however with their goalies, I’m not too sure us bloggers couldn’t have beat the Hurricanes too. We’ll see Wednesday night. I’m headed outside the city to Newark to hopefully beat the Devils. Go Black and Gold.

  • Cambee

    Nothing went right tonight! End of Story!

    This team will not make it out of the first round! Claude will not make it to the end of next season.

  • Fab4ever

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  • bench warmer

    Perhaps next year the Bruin brass will find a scorer and a puck moving de man.

    And, of course stay under the cap.

  • ChrisinDanvers

    It was actually fun to watch a good portion of this game….which has not always been the case the last few weeks. The line shuffle seemed to work out fine, but surely Julien will keep tinkering with this in the coming games. It is nice to see Kelly back, but it will take him a little bit of time to get his game shape back.

    Carolina did have several great chances, which shows that the Bruins still have work to do. There were breakdowns in front of the net; in particular one time where Rask actually had to back a guy off of him who nearly put him in the net. That should never happen.

    However, that is nothing to take away from the 6 goals they scored…that’s great to see even if it is against a team that has been reeling.

  • Anonymous

    Lucky win, I would say Julien’s line changes hurt more than they helped but that is just me. There is no excuse for having your top offensive player on fourth line with Greg Campbell and Peverley. I like Julien as a coach overall but lately I have no idea what he has been thinking.

    I would like to see the combo of Lucic Horton broken up and soon. If nothing else to get them both fired up. The problem is both players feed off one another and Horton has not been himself all season long. I don’t blame Horton because he is coming back from a major concussion but he has not played with a snarl once since returning. Lucic could then focus on being a physical presence and opening up the ice for Seguin and Krecji.

    The second line would benefit by adding some physicality and size to the line with the team agitator. A second line of Marchand, Bergeron, Horton is one of the best and most well rounded lines in the league. Horton would be fired up because he was moved to a new line and he would have to be the physical presence on that line.

    Jagr should absolutely be on the first PP unit. However, he is best suited for a third line due to his lack of conditioning and speed. In small bursts with the puck on his stick he is still a great player. However, he needs to be on a line with two guys willing to do all the dirty work to get him the puck. He also needs plenty of rest, so third line with two solid defensive players in Kelly and Peverley and first line PP is where Jagr is ideally suited.

    I know Soderberg may be available in the near future. I have never seen him play and I have no idea what he brings to the table or where he would fit into the line scheme if at all. I wouldn’t count on him being a big factor in this year’s postseason anyways.

    The PP, needs to take on the identity of the Bruins offense in general. The PP is not talented enough to stand still and pass to get the open goal. The players without the puck need to create more movement and the Bruins need to start crashing the net. When was the last time we saw them try the back side play to Chara crashing from the point? When Savard was on the ice? It’s more than talent, its coaching as well. They need to change their PP strategy and go with a more chaotic offensive approach.

  • ILoveHockey

    yeah, I can’t believe these are the same players from past years, I keep hoping that they are conserving energy due to the schedule, but this team gets out hit most nights, is not physically feared like it has been, they do not even get into very many fights- scrums——– Not Bruins Hockey!!

  • Bruinman86

    I agree. They are much too soft. When was the last time you saw a fight???? Moen – Campbell in the Montreal game a few weeks ago. And that was lackluster. It’s like they are waiting for the other team to get them going. Very odd. I’m just not so sure they can break this habit going into the playoffs.

  • Bcc

    It’s no coincidence the B’s have been giving up a ton of shots on goal, someone (NEELY) told Claude to loosen up and get some offense going. You’re going to have to suffer some defense to gain on the offense and this team HAS the talent to do that…..What he said a couple years ago “you can’t win 0 to 0″…stands true….If you want a real judge of his (Juliens) offensive coaching abilities just take a look at the power play. Not always his fault but this has been going on for a few years now…

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