NHL impasse could have been avoided
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Alan Eagleson&#39;s opinion doesn&#39;t carry the weight it once did in hockey&#39;s union circles, but the man who founded the NHL Players&#39; Association believes a deal to end the league&#39;s labour dispute could be reached by December.
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Thereâs no crying in baseball - or hockey for that matter â-ut it appears there can be rollbacks in CBA negotiating. Surely the most shocking element of the NHLPAâs proposal to the NHL owners on Thursday
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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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NEW YORK - It's been a week without progress in the NHL lockout. So far, there have been no overtures from the league or the players to resume talks to save a season that is already starting to slip away...
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One side refuses to bend. The other vows not to break. Common ground cannot be found. And time is ticking away. Optimism that the NHL season could be saved with a new round
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The prospects of saving the National Hockey League (NHL) season are grim and unless owners and players start talking soon to end a lockout the 2005-2006 season is also at risk, Montreal&#39;s Saku Koivu said.
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TORONTO (CP) - NHL labour talks were derailed Tuesday after each side rejected the other&#39;s proposal. The talks lasted about 3ÃÂ½ hours.
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National Hockey League teams appeared  united in their determination to solve the league's economic  problems as the NHL's lockout of players became official on  Thursday.
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An NHL lockout that's already nine weeks old won't end anytime soon unless owners show some willingness to negotiate, agents said after a meeting with the players' union.
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The prospects of saving the National  Hockey League (NHL) season are grim and unless owners and  players start talking soon to end a lockout the 2005-2006  season is also at risk, Montreal's Saku Koivu said.
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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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If certain people show up, today&#39;s meeting of NHL Players&#39; Association executives and members in Toronto could turn into a passionate debate between the union&#39;s haves and have-nots.
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If the NHL and NHL Players&#39; Association do reach a negotiated settlement this season, or next summer, or any time after that, a hard individual team salary cap will not be part of it.
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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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There is no secret that time is running out to save the NHL season. How the NHL and the players association are working to prevent that has become a very big mystery.
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The National Hockey League and its players' union finally bridged their philosophical divide early yesterday morning, the sides edging toward a collective bargaining agreement based on a salary cap. Time will tell whether the bold move has saved the sport.
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The National Hockey League and its  players ended three days of labor talks in an apparent deadlock  on Thursday, with little progress seen in avoiding a lockout by  team owners later this month.