NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says he is "thoroughly disappointed" with the union's response to the league's latest collective agreement proposal.
On Tuesday, the NHL made its strongest, and most public, pitch yet to save a full season.
NHL players showed up in force on Thursday as the union prepared to respond to the league's proposal to end the lockout and start a full season Nov. 2.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says he is "thoroughly disappointed" with the union's response to the league's latest collective agreement proposal.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman received three counterproposals from the players' association on Thursday and left the negotiating table "thoroughly disappointed."
My favorite part of the latest CBA proposal by NHL owners is the word "mutual." As in: The deal will be for six years, with a "mutual option" for a seventh. Given the increasingly strained relations between the two sides, it's hard to imagine them mutually agreeing on much of anything — now or then.
The NHL's latest offer to the Players' Association to end the lockout generated some optimism this week. There was talk about an 82-game season and regular-season hockey as soon as Nov. 2.
The NHL has released details of its latest collective bargaining proposal to the public.
NHL labor negotiations will resume Thursday after the players' union reviewed management's proposal and saw it as only a small step forward to ending the monthlong lockout.
