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NHL, NHLPA talks on hold for a day
The NHL's collective bargaining talks are on hold until Friday. Donald Fehr, the executive director of the NHL Players' Association, had originally ...
Bettman, NHL issue another proposal to players
The NHL issued a new proposal to the players' association Tuesday as a lockout looms next month. And at least one side is happy about it.
Bettman, Fehr resume NHL talks, then take break
Negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement between the NHL and its players resumed Tuesday morning at the league offices, then took a ...
NHL collective bargaining session brief in Toronto
Another NHL lockout is beginning look inevitable. Unable to move beyond the philosophical stage of talks, the owners and players have watched another ...
NHL labor talks to resume with wide gap to bridge
NHL labor talks are set to resume with a wide gap remaining and time running out to avoid a potential lockout. NHL Players' Association executive ...
NHL offers response to the players; talks continue
Representatives from the NHL and NHLPA returned to the bargaining table Wednesday, and are discussing the proposal put forward by the players' ...
NHLPA makes 1st proposal to owners
The National Hockey League Players' Association has made its first proposal in the latest round of collective bargaining talks with the NHL. The union ...
Predators match Flyers' offer sheet for Weber
Shea Weber can thank the Philadelphia Flyers for one of the richest and longest contracts in the NHL. But the Nashville Predators will pick up the tab
NHL executives, players set to resume labor talks
The NHL and the NHL Players' Association are set for another round of negotiations this week with the hope of establishing a new collective bargaining ...
Officials say NFL planned lockout
The NFL's on-field officials say the league is paying lip service to player safety by contacting replacement officials. They also believe the NFL ...
Wild hit pay dirt; sign free agents Parise, Suter
The Minnesota Wild were a starless team in need of a big-time jolt to get the franchise back to the point of being worthy of playing in "the State of ...
Zach Parise is still undecided, has no timetable
Zach Parise needed more than 24 hours to choose which hockey team to make happy. "I'm getting closer but haven't made a decision," Parise told ...
Ryan Suter's agent doesn't expect a quick decision
Ryan Suter and Zach Parise chose to take some time to sort through offers from a slew of suitors on the first day of NHL free agency. Suter's agent, ...
Predators Suter heads thin list of NHL free agents
Don't blink, because you just might miss what few splashes are anticipated to take place in NHL free agency. After Nashville Predators defenseman Ryan ...
NHL, players' union open labor negotiations
The NHL and the players' union opened negotiations on a new labor deal Friday by meeting for about 2½ hours. Commissioner Gary Bettman and Deputy ...
Sakic, Sundin among four selected for Hockey Hall
Joe Sakic was four years old when his father took him to his first hockey game. And his life-long love affair with the sport began. The stylish center ...
NHL labor negotiations about to begin
The head of the NHL players' union said Monday that negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement will begin "very quickly" — perhaps as early ...
Americans represented in 2nd round of NHL draft
Anthony Stolarz tried to drink in the biggest moment of his life. The crowd inside Consol Energy Center never gave him a chance, booing the lanky ...
Oilers take Russian F Yakupov with NHL's top pick
The Edmonton Oilers are getting tired of going first in the NHL draft and Nail Yakupov knows part of his job is to make sure it doesn't happen again.
Penguins deal C Jordan Staal to Hurricanes
Jordan Staal wanted a family reunion, and the Pittsburgh Penguins obliged. The Penguins traded the talented center to the Carolina Hurricanes for two ...
Yakupov taken by Oilers with top pick in NHL draft
Nail Yakupov is ready to live with the spotlight that comes with being a No. 1 pick. On the night he was chosen first in the NHL draft, he had to ...
New NHL schedule depends on new labor deal
If the NHL can avoid another work stoppage, the schedule for the upcoming season is set. The league announced Thursday that the Los Angeles Kings will ...
Pittsburgh's Malkin takes MVP honors at NHL Awards
Geno and the Swedes were hockey's biggest winners in Vegas. Pittsburgh center Evgeni Malkin won the Hart Trophy on Wednesday night, becoming the NHL's ...