The NHL and the players' association have resumed negotiations in an effort to avoid a lockout this weekend.
All these years later, and especially now with the prospect of a lockout looming large this weekend, it's hard to look at a picture of Gary Bettman without recalling the going-away present one NBA general manager sent the soon-to-be-named NHL commissioner. That was in 1993, when Bettman left his post as general counsel and trusted lieutenant to NBA boss David Stern to try running a league of his own.
The NHL and the players' association will resume negotiations on Wednesday in an effort to avoid a lockout this weekend.
Representatives from the NHL and the players' association held informal negotiations on Friday at the league offices.
NHL labor negotiations hit a standstill after talks broke off on Friday, two weeks before the league has threatened to lock out its players.
NHL labor negotiations hit a standstill after talks broke off on Friday, two weeks before the league has threatened to lock out its players.
The NHL and NHLPA remained at an impasse in the latest round of collective bargaining talks as the deadline for a lockout looms.
For the likes of Mike Knuble, the waiting isn't the hardest part. It might be not knowing how long he has to wait.
The NHL has issued another proposal to the players' association as a lockout looms next month.
