Bettman, Goodenow Back in the Mix as NHL Talks Resume
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NEW YORK (Sports Network) - After sitting out the last five  negotiating sessions of the National Hockey League labor  strife, commissioner Gary Bettman and NHLPA executive director  Bob Goodenow will re-join the talks Thursday.
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Toronto - Thursday&#39;s meeting between the NHL and the NHL Players&#39; Association wrapped up after nearly four hours with the two sides agreeing to meet again.
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - The lack of talks during the National Hockey League lockout could be nearing an end, as NHLPA executive director Bob Goodenow has invited the league&#39;s negotiating committee to a meeting next week in Toronto.
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In summarizing the swap of rejected proposals that led to the latest and gloomiest freeze of negotiations in the National Hockey League&#39;s ongoing lockout, league commissioner Gary Bettman detailed how close he thinks the two sides actually are to a deal.
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With the NHL lockout now at 48 days, all eyes will focus on Toronto today for the meeting between Players&#39; Association executive director Bob Goodenow and player representatives from all 30 teams.
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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 -- Can the season be saved? That&#39;s the $2-billion question after NHL Players&#39; Association executive director Bob Goodenow invited commissioner Gary Bettman to a two-day bargaining session here next
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That summed up NHL commissioner Gary Bettman&#39;s appearance on a special segment of CBC&#39;s The National with Peter Mansbridge last night.
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TORONTO -- Forget it, there isn&#39;t going to be an NHL season. Not a chance. The biggest question going into yesterday&#39;s NHL Players&#39; Association meeting was whether the union would call the NHL to restart negotiations
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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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TORONTO - The NHL Players&#39; Association tried yesterday to shake off dissenting remarks cast by several rank-and-file members in recent weeks as union head Bob Goodenow assured observers there are &quot;absolutely no cracks or divisiveness&quot; among locked out NHL
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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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After Gary Bettman was introduced as the commissioner of the National Hockey League 12 years ago, he was handed a fax from Bob Goodenow, the executive director of the players association.
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The NHL and the players' association are taking another shot at saving the hockey season, which has seemingly been on the brink of cancellation for weeks.
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NHL owners and players are going back to the bargaining table Dec. 9 -- exactly three months after their last attempt to resolve the labor dispute that is close to wiping out the season.
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The league 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 National Hockey League and its players&#39; association agreed yesterday that talks concerning a new collective agreement must be more frequent in the remaining four weeks.