Lockout Looms as NHL Players&#39; 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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Locked out players have rejected the  NHL's latest salary-cap proposal to end their bitter labor  dispute although they agreed to continue negotiations in a last  ditch effort to salvage the season.
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Gary Bettman has already won the first stare-down of the NHL lockout. He got the NHL Players&#39; Association to make the first move -- a new offer -- in an attempt to open negotiations that have been stalled since Sept.
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Negotiations between the NHL and its players have stumbled over the league&#39;s salary cap proposal, with recriminations over the numbers being thrown around.
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The leaders of the National Hockey League have slammed the door on players, instituting a lockout that began at 12:01 this morning, upon the expiration of the 10-year-old collective bargaining
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One day after the NHL players' association rejected the league's latest salary-cap proposal, the sides met again in what could be the last chance to save the hockey season.
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TORONTO - The NHL and the playersâ association appeared headed toward a lockout when talks broke off Thursday after the unionâs first new proposal in nearly a year.
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Any hope of saving the NHL season hinges on whether the next proposal by the players&#39; association stirs serious negotiating. All the last offer yielded was three months of silence and hundreds of canceled games.
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NEW YORK - 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.    After the long-expected decision was approved unanimously Wednesday by NHL owners, commissioner Gary Bettman repeatedly belittled the union's bargaining position, talked about the possibility the confrontation could extend into the 2005-06 season and said the conflict has jeopardized the NHL's participation in the 2006 Winter Olympics...
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----- TORONTO (Ticker) - The start of the 2004-05 NHL season was put in extreme jeopardy Thursday when the league rejected a proposal for a new collective bargaining agreement from the Players Association.
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TORONTO Dec 14, 2004 - The NHL moved a step closer to losing the season Tuesday, when the league and players&#39; association rejected proposals for a new collective bargaining agreement.
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National Hockey League (NHL) owners carried out their threat to lock out players on Wednesday after the two sides were unable to reach a new labour deal.
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An NHL lockout nine weeks old won&#39;t end any time soon unless owners show some willingness to negotiate, agents said after a meeting with the players&#39; union.
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NEW YORK (CP) - It took less than an hour for the NHL to reject an NHL Players' Association counter-proposal to end the lockout Tuesday night.
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The NHL reportedly will reject the latest proposal from the players' union that was meant to end the lockout and salvage the season.
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Talks between team owners and  locked-out players broke off without agreement Thursday,  leaving hopes for an ice hockey season hanging by a thread.
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Locked out players rejected the NHL's  final salary offer and submitted a counter-proposal on Tuesday,  just hours before commissioner Gary Bettman is expected to  announce the cancellation of the 2004/05 season.