No thanks: Optimism subsides in advance of NHL meetings
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(CP) - Any optimism that may have existed after last Thursday&#39;s proposal by the NHL Players&#39; Association has all but vanished on the eve of the next round of labour talks.
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The good news: An NHL settlement is close, perhaps as close as two hours of serious discussion and compromise. The bad news: It might be a year, or longer, before the parties spend those two hours together.
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The NHL and the players' association met for talks Wednesday, but tried to keep the focus on the World Cup of Hockey.
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The dark cloud hovering these past two years over the National Hockey League has descended, and we may not see the light of play for quite some time.
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If it were a perfect world -- for hockey fans, at least -- the Boston Bruins and the rest of the teams in the National Hockey League would be readying themselves for the start of another season. Alas, millionaires from both sides are still stuck in the boring -- and costly -- days of a lockout.
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TORONTO (Sports Network) - One day after word leaked out  that the National Hockey League is going to reject the NHLPA's  latest collective bargaining proposal, the two sides will meet  in Toronto.
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Three months ago, the Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley Cup. Now there might not be a season for the Lightning to defend that championship.
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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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First, the talking stopped. Now, the games have, too. Hockey has run out of time and tournaments. All that's left is a lockout.
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It was a tough night for NHL division leaders. Detroit, Tampa Bay and Anaheim all lost Friday night to teams trying to improve their postseason chances.
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Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - A lockout for the National Hockey League looks to be inevitable after Thursday&#39;s proposal from the NHLPA did little to narrow the impasse between the owners and players.
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CHICAGO -- Be prepared for the worst. That could be the message NHL Players Association executive director Bob Goodenow conveys to player agents at a meeting today.
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No progress doesn't mean no hockey -- at least not yet. NHL labor talks ended yesterday after a four-hour meeting, without a resolution or a historic announcement that the season has been lost.
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TORONTO - Now, for the first time, there is some hope that the NHL season will not be cancelled. Now, for the first time, there is bound to be significant internal pressure
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The NHL and the players' association are taking another shot at saving the hockey season, which has been on the brink of cancellation for weeks. A two-day meeting last week produced no tangible progress toward a labor agreement. The league and the union will meet again Wednesday in Toronto, but no formal proposal will be presented by the league.
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TORONTO (Sports Network) - As the clock ticks down on hope  of any semblance of a season, the National Hockey League and  Players' Association will meet this week.
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Until Thursday&#39;s meeting in Toronto, there were no good guys or bad guys in the NHL lockout. This wasn&#39;t Good vs. Evil, Right vs.