Needing Life Support, U.S. Federal Mediators Join NHL Labor Talks
The NHL and NHLPA will meet with separate mediators on Wednesday.
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The NHL and NHLPA will meet with separate mediators on Wednesday.
"Apologies to all the loyal, passionate fans out there. We clearly do not have a willing negotiating partner," tweeted Rangers defenseman Michael Del Zotto.
It's holiday time in New York, which means pundits from across all media platforms have been compiling their "relevant" lists from the past year. So, in keeping with tradition, here's my list.
The NHL and the locked-out players are talking again, just not for very long.
So much for a two-week break. Just over a week since the last set of failed negotiations, the NHL and the locked-out players' association will return to the bargaining table Monday.
Negotiations had already hit a wall in the ongoing hockey labor fight, and now the NHL has suggested the sides take an official two-week break before getting back to the bargaining table.
Now the NHL and the locked-out players' association aren't even talking by phone.
Gary Bettman is the owners' puppet, serving as their public mouthpiece.
This ongoing series will focus on shining a light in an attempt to autopsy why the NHL not only died in Nassau County, but who helped hammer in the nails of the proverbial coffin.
Both sides in the NHL labor fight seem willing to talk. The problem is neither group likes what is being said at the other end of the table.
A fourth straight day of NHL labor talks failed to bring the league and its locked-out players any closer to a deal that would put hockey back on the ice and save the season.
Bettman appears to be trying to pressure players into accepting the best deal for the NHL owners.
While negotiators for the league and the union declined to say whether significant progress was made on Day 54 of the lockout, owners and players agreed to return to the bargaining table on Friday for the fourth straight day of talks.
Coupled with the more than seven hours they spent negotiating on Tuesday, owners and players have been together about 13 hours and are ready to get back to it on Thursday.
The NHL and the players' association did all their talking at the bargaining table, far away from the public eye. With another round of talks scheduled just one day after more than seven hours of negotiations, perhaps progress is being made.
