NHL to deliver counteroffer
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Representatives from the NHL and the players&#39; union return to the bargaining table at 1 o&#39;clock this afternoon in Toronto for a meeting that could either result in a breakthrough or complete breakdown in negotiations.
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The NHL rejected last week's proposal by the players' association and then had its own counteroffer turned down Tuesday during a 3 1/2-hour negotiating session.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE- - The National Hockey League Players&#39; Association extended an olive branch to commissioner Gary Bettman on Thursday, inviting the league back to the negotiating table so it can examine a new proposal from the union.
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Not likely, but at least it looks like there might finally be some negotiations about ending the NHL lockout. The National Hockey League Players&#39; Association confirmed that NHLPA executive director Bob Goodenow
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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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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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The National Hockey League has  delivered a final salary offer to locked out players that must  be accepted by 11 a.m. EST Wednesday or its commissioner, Gary  Bettman, will cancel the 2004/05 season.
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Contract negotiations between the National Hockey League and the NHL Players&#39; Association hit a boiling point yesterday when a league official accused the union of wanting a lockout.
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National Hockey League team owners and  players appear poised to enter long contract negotiations  Thursday in a last-ditch bid to start the season on schedule.
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Based on an eight-page memorandum the NHL has sent to all teams, mysteriously obtained by TSN, the NHL has rejected the NHLPA offer and is poised to issue its own counter-offer at a 1 pm meeting with the NHLPA on Tuesday.
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TORONTO -- The NHL won&#39;t take a second look at the NHL Players&#39; Association&#39;s offer to save the season. In an eight-page memo obtained by TSN yesterday, NHL VP Bill Daly outlined why the league is going to
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Next Thursday and Friday NHL executives, including commissioner Gary Bettman, will meet with their counterparts from the National Hockey League Players&#39; Association in Toronto to determine the fate of the NHL season.
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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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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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OTTAWA (Ticker) -- While the dialogue at the latest NHL labor meeting Thursday resulted in little progress on a new collective bargaining agreement, it did generate harsh words from a league official.
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The weekend has arrived and the death watch on the NHL season has begun. Commissioner Gary Bettman's deadline for reaching a deal with the players' association is rapidly approaching. If there's no agreement before Monday, he is expected to pull the plug on the season that never was.
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All those players who have griped about how little progress has been made toward reaching a settlement to end the NHL lockout will have the opportunity to have their voices heard today.