ARTICLE 33: INTEGRATION
33.1 Integration, Entire Agreement.
This Agreement, together with the exhibits and side letters hereto, if any, and any existing letter agreements between the parties that are not inconsistent with this Agreement, constitutes the entire understanding between the parties, and all written communications, proposals and counterproposals (including any drafts of this Agreement) between the NHL and the NHLPA, or on behalf of them, are merged into and superseded by this Agreement and shall be of no force or effect. No such written communications, proposals, counterproposals or drafts shall be referred to in any arbitration or proceeding by the parties. Further, no understanding contained in this Agreement shall be modified, altered or amended, except by a writing signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought.
Notwithstanding the above, each party may offer testimony of conversations between them which informed their respective understanding of their provisions of this Agreement (i.e., "bargaining history") and may refer to the notes, including any notes that were marked on drafts of this Agreement (although in all such cases the actual text of the drafts will be redacted), in any grievance arbitration or other proceeding in which such testimony may be considered relevant.
Neither party shall be deemed the author of the Agreement or any individual Article.
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