NHL plans to reject the players&#39; latest proposal
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The NHL plans to reject the players&#39; association&#39;s latest collective bargaining agreement proposal today in Toronto, and the 2004-05 season appears destined for cancellation.
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The NHL and the players association appeared headed toward a lockout when talks broke off Thursday after the union&#39;s first new proposal in nearly a year.
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The National Hockey League rejected an offer from the players in the latest round of labor negotiations Thursday, leaving little hope of avoiding a lockout start to the season next month.
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After almost three months without any movement, the NHL Players&#39; Association announced Thursday it has prepared a new proposal to end the NHL lockout, which stretches into its 79th day today.
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Any hope of salvaging part of the NHL season likely was shattered last night when talks between the league and the players' association broke off in New York after four hours following the NHL's presentation of a proposal that contained a salary cap.
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Robert Esche&#39;s tone over the past three months has slowly gone from angry to sad. On Tuesday -- after the National Hockey League owners and players each rejected a proposal for a new collective bargaining
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TORONTO (Ticker) - The prospects of an NHL season look to be growing bleaker with each passing day. The Sports Network of Canada reported on its Web site Monday that the NHL will reject the latest proposal
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NEW YORK -- The NHL Players&#39; Association is working on a proposal that will see players give up serious concessions in a bid to salvage the season.
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The NHL's latest salary-cap proposal to end the seasonlong lockout was rejected yesterday by the players' union, which came back with its own idea: Bring commissioner Gary Bettman to the bargaining table.
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Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - The National Hockey League will reject last week&#39;s National Hockey League Players&#39; Association proposal on Tuesday, according to The Sports Network of Canada.
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NEW YORK (CP) - It took less than an hour for the NHL to reject an NHL Players' Association counter-proposal to end the lockout Tuesday night.
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Locked out players rejected the NHL's  final salary offer and submitted a counter-proposal on Tuesday,  just hours before commissioner Gary Bettman is expected to  announce the cancellation of the 2004/05 season.
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The dynamic 24 percent payroll rollback proposed by the NHL Players Association last week was simply another gambit in the NHL&#39;s labor dispute.
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The National Hockey League appears poised to reject a proposal made last Thursday by the players union, which included a 24 percent reduction in pay and other concessions but not a hard salary cap.
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The National Hockey League appeared to  be one day away from canceling its season due to a labor  dispute after owners rejected a salary cap proposal from  locked-out players.
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NHL owners and players took turns rejecting each other&#39;s proposals for a new collective bargaining agreement during a 3 1/2-hour meeting at league offices in Toronto yesterday, moving the league closer toward canceling the entire 2004-05 season.
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Gary Bettman and the NHL return to the negotiating table with the players&#39; association today in Toronto, but the league is expected to formally reject the offer made by the union last Thursday.