NHL union leader placed on paid leave
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NHL Players' Association executive director Ted Saskin and senior director Ken Kim, accused of monitoring player e-mails, were placed on paid leaves Sunday night following a vote by the 30 players representatives.
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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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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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The National Hockey League has  delivered a final salary offer to locked out players that must  be accepted by 11 a.m. EST (1600 GMT) Wednesday or it's  commissioner Gary Bettman will cancel the 2004/05 season.
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Barring a last-minute contract settlement, National Hockey League owners plan to authorize a lockout of players tomorrow after the current labor agreement expires.
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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 NHL and the players' association appeared headed toward a lockout when talks broke off Thursday after the union's first new proposal in nearly a year.
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NEW YORK - 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.    After the long-expected decision was approved unanimously Wednesday by NHL owners, commissioner Gary Bettman repeatedly belittled the union's bargaining position, talked about the possibility the confrontation could extend into the 2005-06 season and said the conflict has jeopardized the NHL's participation in the 2006 Winter Olympics...
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A 24% pay rollback is part of the concessions proposed to end the lockout and get players back on the ice. TORONTO - The NHL Players&#39; Association offered the NHL a 24 percent wage rollback and other concessions
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The National Hockey League, facing a possible work stoppage in less than a week, received the first new labor proposal from its players union in almost a year today in Toronto.
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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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The NHL said Wednesday it was imposing a lockout of the players association, effective Thursday &#151; the day after the expiration of the current collective bargaining agreement.
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NEW YORK - The NHL will lock out its players Thursday, starting a work stoppage that threatens to keep the sport off the ice for the entire 2004-05 season.    The long-expected decision was confirmed by NHL owners Wednesday following a meeting in New York...
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Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Los Angeles Kings president Tim Leiweke was fined an undisclosed amount by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman for radio comments he made last week regarding the league&#39;s labor situation.
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National Hockey League owners authorized a lockout of players after the sides failed to agree on a new labor contract, resulting in the league&#39;s first work stoppage in 10 years.
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The long-awaited deadline is set. If the league and the union can't hammer out a new collective bargaining agreement in this last round of talks that started secretly in Toronto on Wednesday, commissioner Gary Bettman will pull the plug.
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The leaders of the National Hockey League have slammed the door on players, instituting a lockout that began at 12:01 this morning, upon the expiration of the 10-year-old collective bargaining