No Deal for NHL, Players
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According to a memo obtained by TSN in Canada, the NHL will turn down the players' union proposal to end the lockout and respond with a counteroffer on Tuesday.
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A salary cap remains a sticking point as the league and the players reject each other&#39;s offers. TORONTO - The NHL edged a few steps closer to cancellation of what remains of the 2004-05 season Tuesday, rejecting
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National Hockey League owners carried  out their threat to lock out players on Wednesday, shutting  down the league after the two sides were unable to reach a new  labor deal.
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NEW YORK - No shots, no saves, no goals. The National Hockey League locked out its players Thursday, threatening to keep the sport off the ice for the entire 2004-05 season and perhaps beyond in an effort by management to gain massive economic change...
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TORONTO : The National Hockey League slid closer towards losing a season to a labor dispute for the first time, as players rejected a new bid by management to end a three-month lockout.
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NHL owners carried out their threat to  lockout players on Wednesday, shutting down the league after  the two sides were unable to reach a new labor deal.
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The NHL reportedly will reject the latest proposal from the players' union that was meant to end the lockout and salvage the season.
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The lockout that followed the expiration Sept. 15 of the collective bargaining agreement between the NHL and the NHL Players&#39; Association places the entire 82-game season in jeopardy.
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Neither the NHL nor the players' union did anything Saturday to avert a deadline that had ticked down to its last 24 hours for saving what little remained of the season.
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Hopes for an NHL season were left  hanging by a thread on Thursday as players presented a proposal  that included a massive 24 percent rollback in salaries but did  not address owners' main demand for cost certainty.
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----- TORONTO (Ticker) - The start of the 2004-05 NHL season was put in extreme jeopardy Thursday when the league rejected a proposal for a new collective bargaining agreement from the Players Association.
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Hopes of salvaging the NHL season  appeared to vanish when representatives for team owners and  locked-out players ended Thursday's meeting without an  agreement, and with no plans for further talks.
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After two days of negotiations, the NHL and the players' association appeared no closer to a deal that could save the hockey season.
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The National Hockey League, unable to  reach a new pay agreement with its locked-out players, canceled  the rest of its season Wednesday.
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For hockey-mad Canadians, tickets to an NHL game are the ultimate Christmas gift. This year, though, they were worthless after NHL owners locked out players in a labor dispute that is threatening to wipe out an entire season.
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RALEIGH, North Carolina  - There will be no  National Hockey League season unless a deal to resolve a labor  dispute with the players' union is in the offing by this  weekend, Commissioner Gary Bettman said Wednesday.
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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.