Lockout Looms as NHL Players' Contract Offer Rejected
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The National Hockey League rejected an  offer from the players in the latest round of labor  negotiations Thursday, leaving little hope of avoiding a  lockout start to the season next month.
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TORONTO (Ticker) - The prospects of an NHL season look to be growing bleaker with each passing day. The Sports Network of Canada reported on its Web site Monday that the NHL will reject the latest proposal
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The NHL and the Players Association did not deliver an early Christmas present to fans across North America. The NHL Players Association and the league both rejected counter-proposals during a three-hour meeting in Toronto on Tuesday.
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An NHL lockout that is nine weeks old will not end soon unless the owners show some willingness to negotiate, agents said after a meeting with the players union.
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TORONTO -- National Hockey League labor talks came to a halt Tuesday after each side rejected the other&#39;s proposal. The talks lasted more than three hours, with the league making a one-hour presentation on
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TSN has obtained a memo showing the NHL will reject the latest offer from its players. &quot;In sum, we believe the Union&#39;s December 9 CBA proposal, while offering necessary and significant short-term financial
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The NHL and the players' association appeared headed toward a lockout when talks broke off yesterday after the union's first new proposal in nearly a year.
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The National Hockey League, unable to  reach a new pay agreement with its locked-out players, canceled  the rest of its season on Wednesday.
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The National Hockey League is locking out its players starting Thursday, threatening to keep the sport off the ice for the entire 2004-05 season and perhaps beyond in an effort by management to gain massive change in the sport's economic structure.
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The National Hockey League appears poised to reject a proposal made last Thursday by the players union, which included a 24 percent reduction in pay and other concessions but not a hard salary cap.
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Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - The National Hockey League will reject last week&#39;s National Hockey League Players&#39; Association proposal on Tuesday, according to The Sports Network of Canada.
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The NHL season is finally cancelled after players and owners fail to reach a last-ditch agreement.
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Barring a last-minute contract settlement, National Hockey League owners plan to authorize a lockout of players tomorrow after the current labor agreement expires.
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Any hope that may have arisen from the resumption of negotiations last week was snuffed out Tuesday by the league&#39;s rejection of the union&#39;s proposal during a 3Â½-hour meeting in Toronto and
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NHL owners carried out their threat to  lockout players on Wednesday, shutting down the league after  the two sides were unable to reach a new labor deal.
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A lockout looms for the National Hockey League and its players union as the clock ticks down on a collective bargaining agreement that expires at midnight Wednesday.
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For hockey fans, this winter might just be the coldest, longest yet. As expected, no agreement has been reached between National Hockey League owners and players, and at midnight last night a decade-old collective bargaining agreement expired with no new deal in sight and the upcoming season on the brink of nonexistence.