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All we want for Christmas is a hockey season! Unfortunately, it is not looking good. On Friday, the NHL canceled all games through December 14, including the All-Star weekend in Columbus, Ohio in January. The...

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Many of the players around the NHL are getting mad about the fact that the league doesn’t seem to even want to try to negotiate an agreement for the rest of November. Case in point:...

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With the chance for even an abbreviated season on the line, the NHL has suggested a two-week break before it meets with the NHL Players’ Association again, according to the Associated Press.  NHL Commissioner Gary...

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NHL talks resume on Saturday

November 3, 2012

Just a day after the league’s biggest game was canceled, and more than two weeks after they last met, the NHL and the players’ association will resume talks, according to The Associated Press. NHL deputy...

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The NHL lockout seems destined to drag on, with reports on Monday indicating that representatives for the players and owners have no talks currently scheduled. Just as disheartening for NHL fans is the expected cancellation...

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The New York Islanders are on the move! The franchise announced on Wednesday that the Islanders, who have played on Long Island since they began play in 1972, will move to the Barclays Center in...

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So, as we all know, the NHL has cancelled all games through November 1st, since a collective bargaining agreement with the NHLPA has yet to be reached. The recent agreement to an eventual 50/50 revenue...

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NHL cancels more games

October 20, 2012

Labor talks for the NHL have been stalled again, and as a result, more games have been canceled. All regular season games through Nov. 1 will not be played. In all, 135 games have been...

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Two days after the NHL proposed an offer that Commissioner Gary Bettman believed could allow for a full season, the NHL rejected the NHLPA’s counter-proposal. Bettman referred to the counter offers as a “step backward.”...

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On Tuesday, the NHL made a new offer to the NHLPA that Commissioner Gary Bettman believes could allow a full 82-game schedule and get the season started by Nov. 2, according to NBC Sports. The...

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