CBCSportsca Blogs News Sports Radio TV My Region Watch Listen Member Centre Login Sign UpCharlottetown Change City7c Mostly CloudyHockey Headlines Scoreboard Standings Stats NHL Schedule Teams Players Hockey Night in Canada Highlights Fantasy Pool Commonwealth Football Headlines CFL Scoreboard CFL Standings CFL Stats CFL Teams NFL Scoreboard NFL Standings NFL Stats NFL Teams NFL Players Video Alpine Skiing Curling Figure Skating Basketball NBA Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Basketball News Feed Baseball MLB Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Baseball News Feed Soccer MLS Scoreboard MLS Standings International Stats Soccer News Feed Amateur Sports Golf Tennis Blogs and ColumnsSubscribe to Blogs and Columns Conflict of interest taints NHLPA investigationWednesday September 30 2009 1012 PM ET The battle between Paul Kelly and the NHLPA just got even uglierThe Toronto Star reported Wednesday that the union hired former Ontario Chief Justice Roy McMurtry to investigate whether or not it was correct to fire Kelly for looking at confidential documents According to the newspaper McMurtry found that Kelly committed a serious breach of trust and that there was legal cause to terminate himBut the NHLPA should never have hired McMurtry to investigate Kelly And McMurtry should never have accepted He is a close friend of disgraced former executive director Alan EaglesonContinue reading this post Winners and losers in Coyotes case Wednesday September 30 2009 0909 PM ET A quick rundown of winners and losers now that the Coyotes future is decided for a few months anywayWinner Gary Bettman In the courtroom Bettman gets almost everything he wants Technically the NHL did not win the case But more importantly to the commissioner it did not lose to Jim Balsillie There is now legal precedent that the league controls its franchises You want a team youve got to go through him Continue reading this post Whats next for Balsillie NHL CoyotesWednesday September 30 2009 0622 PM ET So in the end bankruptcy court judge Redfield T Baum took what was behind door No 3NothingContinue reading this post Sundin one of Maple Leafs best but not the greatestWednesday September 30 2009 1218 PM ET Back in 1994 when Cliff Fletcher acquired a young Mats Sundin from the Quebec Nordiques he had two goals in mindOne was to push the Maple Leafs who in the previous two springs had gotten to the Stanley Cup semifinals and stalled over the top In Fletchers mind even though he had to give up the immensely popular and talented Wendel Clark who was coming off a career year for goals and reliable defenceman Sylvain Lefebvre in the deal it was worth it because Sundin might be the missing the pieceContinue reading this post Canada faces challenges with longterm player development planWednesday September 30 2009 1132 AM ET The Ca...