With Federal Mediators Present, Talks Between NHL And Union Resume
Talks between the NHL and the union are back under way for the first time in nearly a week as the sides again search for a deal to save the hockey season.
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Talks between the NHL and the union are back under way for the first time in nearly a week as the sides again search for a deal to save the hockey season.
NHL labor negotiations will resume Wednesday, with mediators rejoining the talks at an undisclosed location in an effort to save the hockey season.
More bad news, hockey fans. The NHL has canceled all games through Dec. 30.
Bettman huffed and puffed and took pulled the NHLPA's offer off the bargaining table.
The NHL and the players' association are further apart than ever before.
The owners and players exited the conference room around 1 a.m. on Thursday morning with a new offer to consider, but no agreement. Maybe if this happened in say, September, there would be reason for optimism. But we're running out of time.
Two days of marathon labor talks later, NHL owners and players were still working to reach a deal on Thursday.
Very little information leaked out of the meeting room, but it is believed that each side submitted proposals to the other and spent lots of time apart discussing what was offered.
With the lockout lingering into another week, the NHL labor talks are set to resume on Tuesday with owners and players scheduled to meet while a couple of key figures remain on the sidelines of the negotiations.
The NHL and NHLPA's non-binding meetings with federal mediators broke off without any progress.
Lundqvist will be playing a hockey game, but it won't be at MSG or in a hostile environment. But it will be meaningful and rewarding in a unique way.
"Apologies to all the loyal, passionate fans out there. We clearly do not have a willing negotiating partner," tweeted Rangers defenseman Michael Del Zotto.
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.
Brad Richards and the Rangers are participating in relief efforts following Superstorm Sandy.