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There were positive signs from yesterday's meeting between the NHL and the NHLPA, even if it took a remarkable roller coaster ride to get there. The two sides met briefly in the morning, then broke apart, opening the floodgates for media panic and speculation. But as time moved
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There was some optimism during today's meetings in New York City, and it sounds as if the NHLPA and NHL are finally getting down business. Gary Bettman, Bill Daley, and the Fehr brothers met for the second time in two weeks, in an attempt to bridge the differences
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Do you know how teams fighting for a playoff berth call all of their remaining games "must win" games? Well the NHL CBA negotiations have officially entered that territory. Every single day is big from this point forward. There is less than three weeks before the September 15th
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The NHL and NHLPA met once again in Toronto, just over 24-hours after yesterday's CBA meetings were cancelled, and we're still on the same page. According to Renaud Lavoie of RDS, the reason the meetings were cancelled yesterday was due to the NHLPA needing more time,
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NHL collective bargaining talks were cancelled Wednesday afternoon for an undisclosed reason, shortly after the NHL and NHLPA's top executives met unannounced for an extended period of time. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman along with deputy commissioner Bill Daley spent a total of two hours, meeting with Donald Fehr
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At 1 p.m. this afternoon Donald Fehr and Gary Bettman will finally meet again to formally continue their CBA negotiations. So far, things have been a little rocky, with both sides making a proposal and not liking what they see on the other side of the fence. That doesn&
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- During some downtime with the CBA negotiations, Donald Fehr called an unexpected press conference at 3:00 PM yesterday afternoon. Although he didn't release any new information, he did touch upon some interesting topics. Fehr noted that if there is indeed a lockout, it will mainly be
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According to Chris Botta via Twitter, the Detroit Red Wing have announced the cancellation of this year's Traverse City prospect tournament, due to CBA uncertainties. The tournament was scheduled to begin on September 14th, 2012, which was set to feature the Red Wings, Buffalo Sabres, New York Rangers,
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It's been an active day for most NHL fans, with their range of emotions probably resembling that of a roller coaster. On Tuesday, the NHLPA gave their first proposal of a new CBA to the NHL owners. The proposal was outside the box, made a point to show
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After a day of slight optimism, it seems as if we are right back to square one with labor negotiations between the NHL and NHLPA. Gary Bettman addressed the media following a three hour long meeting up in Toronto, and stated there is still a noticeable gap between where both
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The NHLPA made their counter offer to the NHL on Tuesday, marking the first proposal actually put forth by the players. In reality, it shouldn't be called a counter proposal, since Donald Fehr and the player's basically acted as though the NHL never gave an original
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Meetings concluded for the day up in Toronto, with the NHLPA finally presenting their "alternate" proposal to Gary Bettman and the owners. To start, there were many rumors going around that the NHLPA's "alternate" offer included removing the hard cap. However, with their proposal