Sides bicker instead of negotiate in NHL labor fight
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An NHL executive accused the players&#39; association of conducting &quot;a charade&quot; and said the union has no interest in working out a new labor deal before a lockout would be imposed in three weeks.
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Representatives for team owners and  locked-out players met under a cloak of secrecy Wednesday, with  no indication if the two sides had come closer to resolving the  labor dispute threatening to wipe out the entire ice hockey  season.
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The NHL rejected last week's proposal by the players' association and then had its own counteroffer turned down Tuesday during a 3 1/2-hour negotiating session.
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The NHL, which is in the midst of a labor lockout, disputed a Forbes magazine study that found the league lost less than half as much money as it claimed last season.
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The NHL and the players' association are taking another shot at saving the hockey season, which has been on the brink of cancellation for weeks. A two-day meeting last week produced no tangible progress toward a labor agreement. The league and the union will meet again Wednesday in Toronto, but no formal proposal will be presented by the league.
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The NHL reportedly will reject the latest proposal from the players&#39; union that was meant to put an end to the lockout and salvage the season.
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Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - A lockout for the National Hockey League looks to be inevitable after Thursday&#39;s proposal from the NHLPA did little to narrow the impasse between the owners and players.
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The NHL and the players' association are talking again. With the season on the brink of being canceled, negotiations resumed late Thursday afternoon in New York and lasted for about five hours before breaking up shortly after 9 p.m. There were no immediate details released.
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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.
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The NHL and the league's Players Association moved no closer to a collective bargaining agreement during a five-hour meeting yesterday near Newark Airport in New Jersey. &quot;Today can be more fairly characterized as a side step in the process,&quot; NHLPA senior director Ted Saskin said. &quot;I would not characterize it as having made any progress in any direction.&quot; The talks ...
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Labor disputes between rich athletes and even wealthier owners are always sickening. In this NHL cold war, both sides will be bruised a little.
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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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One day after the NHL players' association rejected the league's latest salary-cap proposal, the sides met again in what might have been the last chance to save the hockey season.
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Of all the great things about being a hockey fan, reading stories about NHL management-labor strife is not one of them. But, rest assured, there is worse. To wit: reporting and writing stories about NHL management-labor strife (you can send notes of sympathy to the e-mail posted at the bottom of this report).
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The NHL players' association agrees to accept a salary cap, but contract talks break down early Tuesday over the amount that teams would pay.
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TORONTO -- Some of his former teammates said he didn&#39;t want to come. People close to the negotiations were doubtful he would come.
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Players have rejected a new bid by management to end a three-month lockout, increasing fears the National Hockey League could lose an entire season to a labour dispute for the first time.