NHLPA representative and Canucks’ goaltender Cory Schneider happy with the gesture made by NHL
Cory Schneider, an American professional ice hockey player and a goaltender, who plays for the Vancouver Canucks in the National Hockey League (NHL) was pleased by the gesture made by NHL officials about Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
The 26 year old goalie, who plays for the Vancouver, British Columbia based side, is representative of the NHL Players’ Association between all the episode of lockout and the dispute between NHL and NHLPA. He was happy by the fact that there was some movement
by the NHL officials.
Although their proposal have not yet met the demands of the players but they are still encouraged by the offer, as the NHL was not making one for a long time. They are still careful about the situation and think they still will have to wait for the things
to get a little more clear before they can say anything about the restoration of the league.
The member of the bargaining committee was very clear as he prefers to wait until the picture gets clear and it would be too early to expect anything until then, as he said,
“I think we're going to wait until all the 'i's are dotted and the 't's are crossed before we get optimistic”.
The Marblehead, Massachusetts native admitted that it will take the things forward but the NHL still has not met their demands but it has at least made them do some work and now they look over it before coming up with a reply. Schneider added,
“Yes, of course, it's encouraging. It's a step towards us. Fifty-fifty is not necessarily what we want as a split but I think everyone has been looking for a gesture, someone to make a move and they made a move. Now we need to analyze it and get back to
them with an answer: yes or no.”
The 6-foot-2, 195 pounder goalie was drafted in the 2004 NHL Draft by the Vancouver Canucks, when he was selected 26th overall in the first round.But he had to wait four years for his NHL debut, which he made in 2008-2009 season. He has played
68 NHL games since then, winning 38 of them.
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