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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The NHL wants the players' association to disavow reports it is threatening to decertify agents should they represent replacement players.
The league made the request in a March 24 letter — obtained by The Associated Press — addressed to NHLPA lawyer Ian Pulver and signed by NHL vice president Bill Daly. Daly wrote that the union's threats to punish player agents, if true, violate the National Labor Relations Act as well as the league's now-expired collective bargaining agreement.
Barring what he termed as "an appropriate response and resolution of this matter," Daly wrote the NHL would file a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board as soon as Thursday.
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