This from Bob McKenzie's column on TSN.ca:

A couple of agents are already saying that there has been an amendment proposed -- and I stress proposed; it's not put through yet -- that no player agent that is part of the NHLPA certification program, which is basically all of them at this point, would be able to negotiate with any league -- any generic league -- that doesn't have a collectively bargained agreement with a players association.

What that means, between the lines, is this: everybody assumes that there is going to be impasse and implementation and we may be looking at a National Hockey League with replacement players. If the proposal that is on the table goes through, that would prevent agents from negotiating new contracts with the NHL for replacement players or any players from the NHLPA that decide they might want to cross the lines.

Umm - last time I looked, agents worked for players, not for the NHLPA. Why would any agent side with a union which is putting something divisive in between them and their clients? If an NHLPA member wants to cross the picket line and play as a replacement, who is the NHLPA to say he can't have adequate representation?

Boo of the day......