NHL owners, players to start talking
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The NHL and the players&#39; association agreed Thursday to return to the bargaining table for the first time since talks broke off Sept.
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An NHL lockout nine weeks old won&#39;t end any time soon unless owners show some willingness to negotiate, agents said after a meeting with the players&#39; union.
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Predators owner Craig Leipold and representatives of the local group hoping to keep the team in Nashville met Wednesday with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman.
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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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The NHL and the players' association will resume talks this week in a bid to save the season -- and they'll meet yet again without commissioner Gary Bettman or union head Bob Goodenow.
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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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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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TORONTO (CP) - The NHL Players&#39; Association is waiting for the NHL to pick up the phone and resume collective bargaining talks.
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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and Players&#39; Association boss Bob Goodenow are playing with dynamite as they resume negotiations over the fate of the 2004-2005 season.
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NEW YORK (CP) - The NHL Players&#39; Association made the biggest move of the 2Â½-month-old lockout Thursday, inviting the NHL back to the negotiating table with the lure of a new proposal.
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Representatives for NHL owners and  locked out players held an informal meeting on Wednesday and  after five hours of talks agreed to reconvene later this week,  offering a glimmer of hope that the season might be saved.
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Is there a potential thaw in the cold war between National Hockey League owners and players?
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In a pitched battled with the league&#39;s owners over a new collective bargaining agreement, NHL players have, for the most part, presented a strong, united front that suggests it will be a very
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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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The NHL and the players' association will resume talks next week in an effort to end the 78-day lockout and save the season.
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There would have been plenty to talk about when player representatives met with union leadership yesterday as the National Hockey League lockout reaches its 48th day.
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Representatives for NHL owners and  locked out players will meet Wednesday in what is regarded as a  last-ditch effort to save the season.