NHL, Union Reach tentative Agreement
With the season on the line, the NHL and the players' association agreed on a tentative pact to end a 113-day lockout and save what was left of a fractured schedule.
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With the season on the line, the NHL and the players' association agreed on a tentative pact to end a 113-day lockout and save what was left of a fractured schedule.
A federal mediator bridged the widening gap between the NHL and the NHLPA during 12 hours of talks, without getting the fighting sides in the same room.
After meeting and exchanging proposals for three days in a row, the NHL and NHLPA worked through mediators on Thursday and will resume full-scale negotiations on Friday.
The sides were supposed to meet at the league office Thursday morning. That, however, did not happen. The Players Association said it was updating its members on negotiations.
The NHL and NHLPA met twice on Wednesday as they continue negotiations toward a new CBA, with the union submitting another offer to the league.
For the second time in as many days, the NHL and NHLPA gathered for a face-to-face meeting in New York City to share proposals in the seemingly never-ending CBA negotiations.
The NHL players' union presented a counteroffer to the league Monday in the latest attempt to resolve a lockout and start a shortened season.
The NHL says it has made a new contract offer to the players in an attempt to end the lockout and save the season.
Anticipating a possible antitrust suit, the NHL is bringing its labor fight against players to federal court.
The NHL and the NHLPA met with federal mediators for a second straight day Thursday, but the meetings apparently were unproductive again.
This time - whenever the lockout ends - the league might be all out of tricks. They'll need to dig. And it could take years to recover from the wreckage.
A person familiar with the decision says the NHL has canceled all games through Dec. 30.
The NHL rejected the most recent offer from players for a collective bargaining agreement on Thursday, causing talks between the two sides to be suspended indefinitely.
Expectations for Tuesday's meeting involving a select group of owners and players were low, and there was even a sense that perhaps the players would be in over their heads during the talks and that it would be a waste of everyone's time.
With the lockout lingering into another week, the NHL labor talks are set to resume Tuesday with six owners and six players scheduled to meet while a couple of key figures remain on the sidelines of the negotiations.
The NHL and the NHLPA met with federal mediators for a second day on Thursday in an attempt to spur negotiations towards a new CBA, but the news was far from promising.
With the help of federal mediators, the NHL and the players' association got back to bargaining Wednesday after a week apart.
Federal mediators are entering the stalled NHL labor talks, with the season's first 2 1/2 months already lost because of the lockout.
The NHL is calling off all games through Dec. 14, plus the 2013 NHL All-Star Weekend scheduled for Jan. 26-27 in Columbus, Ohio.
Wednesday was the 67th day of the lockout. More than a quarter of the regular season already has been canceled.
The NHL and NHLPA will resume negotiations on Monday in an effort to end the lockout that has lasted more than two months. The sides last met on November 11 for 90 minutes.
With no negotiations scheduled, and overall communication shutting down, too, the NHL appears to be getting close to calling off more games, putting the entire hockey season in jeopardy.
The Hockey Hall of Fame is welcoming four new members: Mats Sundin, Joe Sakic, Pavel Bure and Adam Oates.
Talks between the NHL and the players' association have resumed, the third straight day the sides are meeting in an effort to end the lockout. Thursday marks the 54th day of the lockout.
Both sides kept details of the meeting, which lasted over seven hours, close to the vest. That also could be taken as an optimistic sign that the second round of talks in four days went well.
