Bettman, owners look ready for long sit-in
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Against a background chorus of inflammatory rhetoric and name-calling, the National Hockey League closed its doors to its players Wednesday -- setting in motion a labor stoppage that will
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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has come in for fierce criticism following a meeting of locked-out players. The NHL Players Assocation leaders briefed 74 players on Tuesday about the team owners&#39; lockout which
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Player representatives will gather Tuesday in Toronto for an update on the NHL&#39;s nearly seven-week-old lockout. The meeting will be spiced by recent comments by a handful of players, notably the Calgary Flames
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EDMONTON, Alberta (Sports Network) - Speaking at a function  in Edmonton on Tuesday, National Hockey League commissioner  Gary Bettman held firm on his stance against the NHLPA's luxury  tax plan.
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On the eve of the scheduled start of the new NHL season, there is still no sign of the owners&#39; lockout of players being resolved.
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The players' association president and a part owner of the Calgary Flames could determine the fate of the NHL season. Vancouver Canucks forward Trevor Linden met with NHL board of governors chairman Harley Hotchkiss on Wednesday at a lounge inside Chicago's O'Hare Airport.
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The message board in Canada&#39;s dressing room spoke volumes: Practice canceled tomorrow. No one else to beat. The next fight for these stars is with NHL owners, who are set to lock them out Wednesday night.
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So now we have it. A date. A deadline. Tomorrow at 1 p.m., just about one rink-length to the west of Times Square, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman finally will step up to a hotel podium and put a merciful end to the 2004-05 season that never was.
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The NHLPA invited the league to the meeting in a letter sent Thursday to commissioner Gary Bettman. &quot;The letter also confirms that the NHLPA is working on a new proposal which it believes should provide the
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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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NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, who has said throughout the lockout that he won&#39;t declare a drop-dead date for the season, might have done so by calling a Jan. 14 meeting of the board of governors in New York.
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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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National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman has locked the players out, but he isnât speculating on how far he is going to throw the key.
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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman speaks to the media at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on Wednesday Dec. 1, 2004.
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By next Friday we should have a good idea as to whether the NHL will play this year or if we are to see the entire season lost. On Thursday the players association invited the NHL to meet next week for a bargaining session.
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Eventually, they&#39;ll play hockey again. Maybe the owners will get their way and institute a salary cap. Maybe the players will get their way and a luxury tax will be imposed.
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National Hockey League owners will meet  with representatives from the players union on Thursday in what  is seen as a final bid to end a lockout and save the NHL  season.