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Lockout looming after NHL talks break off
NHL labor negotiations are at a standstill after talks broke off on Friday, significantly raising concerns the league is two weeks away from its ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...