Optimism Turns To Despair As NHL Talks Break Off
Donald Fehr thought he and the hockey players he leads were close to a deal to save the season.
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Donald Fehr thought he and the hockey players he leads were close to a deal to save the season.
The next set of NHL labor negotiations were expected to get going later Thursday, but internal conversations by the players kept the sides apart by mid-afternoon.
The tenor turned a bit after a second straight marathon day of NHL labor talks.
Players and owners are "cautiously optimistic" that a deal may be near.
The best news on the 80th day of the NHL lockout was that hockey owners and players did most of their talking in front of each other instead of making public statements.
NHL owners and players have met in big groups. They've held smaller sessions. They're tried federal mediators.
A pair of federal mediators tried to help for two days, but even they couldn't bring the fighting sides closer to a compromise.
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Jaymes Hall had a question for NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman about the lockout, which already has wiped out more than a quarter of the regular season: Why not put aside the money in dispute and get back on the ice.
NHL players gave management a new proposal Wednesday that the union said left sides less than $40 million apart annually over a five-year contract.
The NHL and the locked-out players are talking again, just not for very long.
For the first time in eight days, the NHL and the players' association are heading back to the bargaining table to try again to reach a deal that will end the two-month old lockout.
The conversations have restarted in the ongoing NHL labor fight. The negotiations have not.
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With all the talk last week about the NHL and the Players Union meeting in a secret location in New York City for multiple days and hours at a time, it seemed very promising that the league would reach a new CBA and we finally would have hockey by the start of December.
Now the NHL and the locked-out players' association aren't even talking by phone.
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NHL owners and players face lots of work to save the hockey season. Whether they are moving closer after a week of talking remains to be seen.
If time spent at the bargaining table indicates progress, the NHL and the locked-out players' association finally could be on their way to making a deal to get hockey back on the ice.
The NHL and the players' association did all their talking at the bargaining table, far away from the public eye.
The NHL and the players' association stuck to their word and made quick plans to get back to the bargaining table.
A secret, long-awaited bargaining session has done some good in the NHL labor fight — so much so that the sides already have plans to get back to the bargaining table soon.
The NHL made it official on Friday and did what had been expected for several days now.
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