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.The 2004–05 NHL lockout was a that resulted in the cancellation of the (NHL) season, which would have been its of play. The main dispute was the league's desire to implement a to limit expenditure on player salaries.
This was opposed by the (NHLPA), the players', who proposed an alternative system of.Attempts at before the season began were unsuccessful. The lockout was initiated on September 16, 2004, one day after the expiration of the existing (CBA), which itself had been the result of the.
During the lockout, further attempts to negotiate a new CBA floundered, with neither side willing to back down, leading to the entire season being canceled in February 2005. The NHL and NHLPA negotiating teams finally reached an agreement on July 13, 2005, with the lockout officially ending 9 days later on July 22, after ratification by the NHL team owners and NHLPA members. The resulting CBA included both a salary cap and revenue sharing.The lockout had lasted 10 months and 6 days, covering 1,230 unplayed games. As a result, the was not awarded, for the first time since. Among the in North America, this was the first (and so far only) time a whole season was canceled because of a labor dispute, and the second time a was canceled (after the ).
Large numbers of NHL players elected to play in European leagues during the lockout. Contents.Issues The NHL, led by, attempted to convince players to accept a salary structure linking player salaries to league revenues, guaranteeing the clubs what the league called cost certainty. According to an NHL-commissioned report prepared by former chairman, prior to 2004–05, NHL clubs spent about 76 percent of their gross revenues on players' salaries – a figure far higher than those in other North American sports – and collectively lost US$273 million during the.On July 20, 2004, the league presented the NHLPA with six concepts to achieve cost certainty. These concepts are believed to have ranged from a hard, or inflexible, similar to the one used in the, to a soft salary cap with some capped exceptions like the one used in the, to a centralized salary negotiation system similar to that used in the.
According to Bettman, a similar to the one used in would not have satisfied the league's cost certainty objectives. Most sports commentators saw Bettman's plan as reasonable, but some critics pointed out that a hard salary cap without any revenue sharing was an attempt to gain the support of the big market teams, such as, the, and, teams that did not support Bettman during the.The NHLPA, under executive director, disputed the league's financial claims. According to the, 'cost certainty' is little more than a for a salary cap, which it had vowed never to accept. The union rejected each of the six concepts presented by the NHL, claiming they all contained some form of salary cap. The NHLPA preferred to retain the existing ' system where players individually negotiate contracts with teams, and teams have complete control of how much they want to spend on players. Goodenow's mistrust of the league was supported by a November 2004 report that estimated the NHL's losses were less than half the amounts claimed by the league.Several players criticized the contracts that overpaid unproven players.
One example was the 2002 contract in which the New York Rangers signed him to five years for $45 million. After two years, his contract was bought out by the Rangers: 'In the new world we live in, Bobby was just paid too much,' according to, the Rangers' president.Although the NHL's numbers were disputed, there was no question that several franchises were losing money, as several had declared bankruptcy. Other franchises had held 'fire sales' of franchise players, such as the. Some small-market teams, such as the and the remaining small-market Canadian teams, were actually hoping for a lockout, since those teams would make more money by losing a season, with the even publicly announcing that they would fold outright if there wasn't a lockout. The league did not have large TV revenues in the US, so the NHL was reliant on attendance revenues more than other leagues. After the lockout of the 2004–2005 season, NHL teams made on average only 3 million dollars from television revenues.
In addition in May of the 2004–2005 lockout, ESPN formally denied the option to show NHL games on the network due to low ratings in previous seasons. Many NHL teams had low attendance totals in preceding seasons.Negotiations.
This section needs additional citations for. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: – ( February 2018) Prior to the lockout, in late 2003 the union proposed a system that included, a, a one-time five percent rollback in player salaries, and reforms to the league's entry level system. The league rejected this proposal almost immediately because it essentially maintained the status quo in favor of the players.
Shortly before the lockout commenced in 2004, the NHLPA offered another proposal to the league that was believed to be similar to their earlier proposal. The league again rejected the union offer, claiming the union's new proposal was worse than the offer they rejected in 2003. At this point, negotiations stopped until early December, when the NHLPA made a highly anticipated proposal based on a luxury tax that increased the proposed one-time rollback in players' salaries from 5 to 24 percent. The NHL rejected the offer and countered with a proposal that the union quickly rejected.In late January 2005, near what the hockey media believed to be the point of no return for the 2004–05 season, discussions were held by the negotiators from both sides, excluding Bettman and Goodenow. The NHL was represented by Executive Vice President, outside counsel Bob Batterman, and NHL Board of Governors Chairman, who also co-owns the. The NHLPA was represented by President, Senior Director, and associate counsel Ian Pulver.
After four meetings, the sides remained deadlocked because of, according to Saskin, 'significant philosophical differences.' Shortly after this series of meetings, Daly presented Saskin a proposal that the league believed made a number of concessions to the players, but was still based on a salary cap linked to revenues.
The players' association rejected the proposal, saying that it was 'not the basis for an agreement.' After these negotiations failed, on Wednesday February 9, Bettman declared that if the lockout was not resolved by the weekend, there would be no hope of saving the season. When talks broke off between the NHL and the NHLPA the next day, there had been no progress in negotiations.
On February 14, the union offered to accept a $52 million salary cap under the condition that it was not linked to league revenues. The league proposed a counteroffer with a $40 million cap plus $2.2 million in benefits, which the players association refused. The next day, Bettman sent Goodenow a letter with a final proposal of a $42.5 million cap plus $2.2 million in benefits, setting a deadline of 11:00 am the next day to accept or refuse the offer. The NHLPA presented a counter-offer involving a $49 million cap, which the league rejected.With no resolution by the 11:00 deadline, Bettman announced the cancellation of the 2004–05 season on February 16, 2005, making the NHL the first major professional sports league in North America to cancel an entire season because of a labor dispute; the announcement was to have come on February 14, but it was delayed because of the death of the patriarch of the four days prior, whose funeral was held on February 15. Two days after the cancellation announcement, reported that a deal with a $45 million cap had been reached 'in principle' with the help of owners and former players. Both camps immediately denied this report.
A 6½-hour meeting took place the next day, but no agreement was reached, and the season was lost.Bolstered by the thought of losing yet another season to a labor dispute, the sides began meeting again in June, with many pundits believing the lockout would end on July 4, 2005. That date eventually came and went, but sources were reporting to media that marathon sessions were taking place. Indeed, the sides met again for ten consecutive days (July 4–13), and a deal was reached 'in principle' (meaning the sides have agreed, but nothing is signed) on July 13. According to reports, the July 12 session lasted through the night and until 06:00 on July 13, at which point the talks broke off for five hours, and resumed in time to complete the deal.On July 21, the players association ratified the agreement with 87 percent of its members voting in favor. The owners unanimously approved it the next day, officially ending the 310-day lockout. The salary cap would be adjusted each year to guarantee players 54 percent of total NHL revenues, and there would also be a salary floor.
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Player contracts are also. The players' share will increase if revenues rise to specific benchmarks, while revenue sharing will split a pool of money from the 10 highest-grossing teams among the bottom 15. There was a $39 million cap in place for the first year of the CBA.
Effects of the lockout. The words '2004–05 Season Not Played' engraved on the Stanley Cup, acknowledging the canceled 2004–05 seasonA Canadian public opinion poll conducted by near the start of the lockout found that 52 percent of those polled blamed NHL players for the lockout, whereas 21 percent blamed the owners of NHL teams.Also hurting the NHLPA was the fact that its players had very visibly high salaries, which removed much sympathy from lower-to-middle class fans. It did not help that and several NHLPA executives had made controversial statements which showed their apparent disdain for owners and fans alike.During the lockout, a movement arose to free the Stanley Cup from the NHL. By the original deed of Lord Stanley, the cup was a challenge cup open to the best amateur hockey team in Canada.
Only since 1926 has it been exclusively competed for by NHL teams, and with the 2004–05 NHL season canceled, the group felt that the NHL had forfeited its right to award the Cup for the year. On February 7, 2006, a settlement was reached in which the trophy could be awarded to non-NHL teams should the league not operate for a season, although the NHL by that point was playing again.Resolution The loss of the 2004–05 season meant that there were no results on which to base the order of the. The league settled on a lottery system in which all teams had a weighted chance at the first pick, expected to be. The lottery was tilted so teams with fewer playoff appearances over the last three seasons and fewer number one overall picks over the last four seasons had a better chance of landing higher picks. The complete order was determined by the lottery, and the draft was conducted in a 'snake' style, meaning in even rounds, the draft order was reversed. This system was an attempt to compromise between those who felt all teams should have had an equal chance at the first pick and those who felt only the weaker teams should have been in the running.To ease the transition to the salary cap, teams were allowed one week to buy out players at two-thirds the cost of their remaining contract, which would not count against the salary cap.
Bought out players could not re-sign with the same team.Effect on NHL and NHLPA NHLPA Executive Director and General Counsel Bob Goodenow, seen by many as the biggest villain in the lockout because of his hardline stance against a salary cap, resigned from his position five days after the agreement was ratified amid criticism from many of his constituents. He was replaced by Ted Saskin, formerly senior director of business affairs and licensing for the NHLPA. Saskin was officially named executive director of the NHLPA on November 25, 2005, after the players' vote of confidence was confirmed by accounting firm.NHL Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer was promoted to deputy commissioner after the lockout. Both Saskin and Daly had played a key role in brokering the current agreement.The lockout did help franchises better manage their finances and increase their value. Combined with finally receiving a stable national TV rights deal in the United States with and (which later became sister networks due to the ) and the launch of the, 26 of 30 NHL franchises saw an increase in value since before the lockout. Leading the way would be the, a team cited even before the lockout to benefit from a lockout due to financial problems related to former team owner deferring player salaries in the 1990s (leading to the team's second bankruptcy in 1998) and former star player (who became the team's owner due to also being the team's largest creditor) dictating that the team cut costs in order to eliminate the debt from the Baldwin era. Since the lockout, the Penguins' value increased by a league-high 161.4%, due in no small part to the changing financial landscape of the NHL as well as winning the ' sweepstakes' after the lockout ended and the construction of the to replace the aging.
The only teams that have lost value from before the lockout are the (whose ),. Europe The majority of players who agreed to play in other professional hockey leagues were playing in Europe. During 2004–05 season, 388 NHL players played in European leagues.
The most popular countries were, with 78 NHL players, with 75 NHL players, the, with 51 NHL players, with 45 NHL players and with 43 NHL players. In many cases, players who had originally begun their careers in Europe returned to those same teams for the lockout.(now ) team signed 11 NHL players, including, and while played for, played for Czech and Russian, and Czech superstar played for and then.
Morozov never returned to the NHL after 2004 (retiring from the KHL after the 2013-14 season), and Jagr would later play three additional seasons with Avangard.Other Czech players returned to the, including , and.Swiss had its own NHL stars when Canadians and signed with, and signed with of the Swiss league. This lockout was a major benefit for Swiss ice hockey.Swedish superstar returned to his original club, (although Forsberg had been planning on playing for Modo even if the season had been played).
Also returning to Modo along with Forsberg were Canucks teammates, and, all of whom were originally drafted from Modo, while still others joined other sides. Some games were also being broadcast by in Canada.Finnish had its share of players during the lockout. Notable Finnish players included (, his first professional team), , (HIFK) and. Also made a contract with where he began his professional career, but injuries prevented him from suiting up for the entire season. Foreign players included who played 2 games for HIFK, who had a brief stint with the, who played for and who played for. SM-liiga featured three top goaltenders as played for, played for HIFK and (who had had three previous stints in the SM-liiga) played for, leading his team to the championship finals and being awarded the. Finnish also featured NHL talent when and played for.
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Timonen and Kapanen partially owned the team and the duo was joined by who also played for KalPa during the lockout., and were among the notable players to go to Germany to play in the.club, which played also in the, signed several NHL players. Two of them were Latvians and and the third was American, who was a close friend of Zholtok. After Zholtok died due to a heart condition, Hendrickson left the club, so that only Skrastins finished the season with the club.A number of NHL players also went to Great Britain. In the, signed, signed, signed and, and signed,. McKenna also used that season to play for the in the.
In the, signed and, signed while signed. In 2008, McCallister signed for the Vipers for a second time.Another notable move came from. He signed with the Amsterdam Bulldogs in the Netherlands.(Nashville), (Nashville) and (Colorado) became Norwegian champions with. In addition, Mark Bell, who at the time was playing for Chicago Blackhawks, played for the Norwegian club.Several NHL players signed in the Italian league, including to the, to the, to and to the, among others. Players and won the French with.and played in the with.Most of the NHL players playing for European clubs had contract clauses allowing them to leave for the NHL once the lockout ended.North America There were two attempts to form alternative professional leagues in North America during the lockout, but both failed.
A revival of the had been planned since 2002 and was to start play shortly after the lockout was expected to begin. Despite having former star as commissioner, however, the league never got off the ground. A lack of stable financing undermined plans to sign both locked-out players and top prospects such as.Another league, the Original Stars Hockey League (OSHL), was established in Canada and expected to play four-on-four games between six teams (ostensibly representing the cities) in various Canadian cities until the lockout was settled.
More than 100 players purportedly signed up to play in the OSHL. The league debuted on September 17, 2004 in, Canada.
In the inaugural game, 'Toronto' defeated 'Detroit' 16–13. The next and last game was played in with 'Boston' defeating 'Montreal' 14–11. Jerseys worn by players were based on Original Six (Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Montreal, New York, Toronto), but all had the words 'OSHL' in white, three stars patches on the shoulders instead of team logos or cities.
However, escalating salary demands by players quickly bankrupted the league. Shortly after its first two games, OSHL president Randy Gumbley announced that the league had received firm commitments from only twenty players, and the league soon folded.NHL players looking for a place to play clearly preferred stable, established European clubs to upstart leagues that have since been derisively dubbed as ' operations by their critics. A small number of players played for established teams near their families and homes, while others chose to repay the league which gave them a start by returning.The of the got a major boost during their first year in existence when the lockout officially started.
The team signed players,. This happened because Derian Hatcher knew the team was playing at where he often played growing up. Because of visa problems Kris Draper never played a game for the Mechanics. Later on they also signed and and were able to roll four NHL players on their opponents. All of the players had some experience or connection to the area.The gained some players.
Played for his hometown team, the and won the ECHL's Most Valuable Player award, while, whose wife is a native of Southern California, played for the, and joined his younger brother Anthony on the roster. A pair of teammates, and, both of whom had early careers in the ECHL, returned to the league and found themselves playing against each other in the first round of the Kelly Cup playoffs, as Hnidy's faced Stevenson's in the American Conference quarterfinals.Some prospects who may have never had a serious look were given chances they thought they never would have.
Undrafted journeyman had been signed with Alaska for his third season in the ECHL when the lockout allowed to assign him on the same line as Gomez at the Aces. Gomez saw a gem that led to the 2005 ECHL All-Star Game, and a top ECHL player that season; the pairing led to Gomez giving Minard a shot after the lockout ended, and he played his way into the AHL, and eventually signing a two-way contract with the, receiving in 2007–08 his first call-up to the NHL. Minard said about the experience, 'That's when I learned a lot about being a goal-scorer, playing with a guy like that who can pass the puck. It was a pretty cool experience.' In addition, many younger players who could be impact players on their NHL rosters stayed down in the for – most notably, who won the league scoring title and MVP awards – changing the aspect of that league's entire season. A record crowd of 20,103 fans packed the in Philadelphia for Game Four of the finals between the and Rosemont's. The Wolves, and each saw attendance figures increase over ten percent from 2003 to 2004 in the AHL, with the Moose average attendance soaring 24.09 percent from the previous year.
In the ECHL, the, San Diego Gulls, and also saw similar gains, with the -affiliated Gladiators receiving a gain of over 20 percent in attendance from the previous year.However, the lockout negatively affected many minor-league players, where the influx of NHL players forced many to play in lower-level leagues for less money or out of jobs altogether.In addition, other minor hockey leagues benefited from the lack of competition from the major professional league. The was a particular beneficiary, with teams such as the and garnering considerable attention. The lack of the playoffs also created increased interest in the tournament with record TV ratings. Mused publicly about the possibility of awarding the Stanley Cup to the best women's hockey team that year, but this idea was so unpopular that instead the was created. The 2005 in also attracted elevated national media interest.In the, the were the most watched team in North America, averaging 10,062 fans per game.
Their season total of 362,227 shattered the WHL and records and represented a 33% increase over. The also experienced a massive increase, finishing second in the WHL with 302,403 fans going through the turnstiles. International hockey The lockout had a substantial effect on international tournaments run by the. The most notable effect was observed in the in,. With the NHL inactive, the top eligible U-20 players were not playing in that league and thus were available to their countries for the tournament.
The country that benefitted most as a result was Canada. The Canadians not only ended a seven-year drought at this competition, they outscored their opponents 41–7 and defeated 6–1 in the final game. Many analysts believe that the Canadian team was the most dominating ever in this tournament, aided in no small part by players such as who could have expected to have commitments in the NHL.At the time that the 2004–05 season was canceled, it was not immediately clear how the lockout would affect the 2005. Normally, NHL players from teams that failed to qualify for the participate in this tournament.
Since no playoffs were being held, theoretically all NHL players could participate. In reality, however, many NHL players declined to participate, and national teams were naturally reluctant to select players who lacked game conditioning. For all of the teams (including the North American ones), the bulk of the national teams' rosters consisted of players who were playing in Europe.Effects outside hockey Canadian sports fans also turned to the, and the CFL recorded significant increases in attendance and television ratings during the final weeks of the compared to, ultimately setting a new record for total attendance. The league was able to hold onto at least some of these gains in. The also saw a modest boost in attendance.
Also in the United States, the (NBA) also saw some big gains in attendance in markets in which have both NHL and NBA teams; this is in part because the NHL and NBA season run in a similar time frame within the year and often play in the same venue. The (NFL) and (MLB) also saw some minor gains in attendance in 2004–2005. (MLS) began to become profitable in 2004, which many believed to have been caused by the NHL lockout.The requested the to move the SEC Women's Basketball Tournament out of their venue because of logistics, because the 55th NHL All-Star Game was scheduled for late January, while the SEC tournament was scheduled five weeks later. The resulting move led to the, an arena 140 miles to the east in, hosting the tournament, drawing the ire of the, who wanted the SEC to ban the venue from hosting tournaments because of its location.
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