Lichtenstein: The NHL Is Back! Great -- Now Fix It!
Instead of merely bean-counting, the NHL's caretakers should be looking for ways to bring the game back from the muck it's become.
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Instead of merely bean-counting, the NHL's caretakers should be looking for ways to bring the game back from the muck it's become.
"I think 48 is most likely at this point, unless the players can expedite their ratification process," NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly wrote in an email Monday to The Associated Press.
Hockey is back, and it took nearly four months and one long night to get the game back on the ice.
Lockout issues tend to be complicated. Here's a closer look at the issues keeping the sides from reaching an agreement.
Team USA captured the Gold Medal at the World Junior Champions in Ufa, Russia by defeating defending champions Sweden 3-1.
If there is going to be a hockey season, the NHL and the players' association can't afford many more days like this.
After a long night of talks, the NHL and the union are returning to negotiations — just later than expected.
Jeff Vanderbeek has taken over sole control of the New Jersey Devils and refinanced the team's debt.
The NHL and the players' association met deep into Wednesday night after the union made its second counteroffer of the week in an effort to end the season-long lockout.
The NHL players' union presented a counteroffer to the league on Monday in the latest attempt to resolve a lockout and start a shortened season.
The NHL made a new offer to the players' association, hoping to spark talks toward ending the long lockout and saving the hockey season.
Donald Fehr says the NHLPA will continue to work through the holidays in an effort to save the 2012-13 season.
The NHL has wiped out all games through Jan. 14, and if it needs to make any more cancellations, the entire season could be the next thing to go.
Donald Fehr and the players' association are ready to get back to the bargaining table at any moment. They are now just waiting for the NHL to feel the same way.
I'm just so turned off by the greed, the unwillingness to cooperate, the lack of direction and the apathy toward the fans who live and die with every drop of the puck. It's disgraceful and it's unfair, and I'm finished.
