NEW YORK (AP) — It took nearly three weeks and a new contract offer to get the fighting sides in hockey’s latest labor dispute back to the bargaining table.
While nothing concrete was announced Sunday, the players’ association indicated that the plan was for talks with the NHL to restart today in the final hours of 2012.
The New Year’s clock isn’t the only thing ticking down these days. Both the league and the union are quite aware that the window to reach a deal to save the season is rapidly closing. No one has said exactly how much time remains, but the belief is the NHL wants a season to start no later than Jan. 19.
That leaves a little less than two weeks to reach an agreement and stage one week of training camp before the puck would drop on a 48-game season.
Comments are not available on this story. Read more about why we allow commenting on some stories and not on others.
We believe it's important to offer commenting on certain stories as a benefit to our readers. At its best, our comments sections can be a productive platform for readers to engage with our journalism, offer thoughts on coverage and issues, and drive conversation in a respectful, solutions-based way. It's a form of open discourse that can be useful to our community, public officials, journalists and others.
We do not enable comments on everything — exceptions include most crime stories, and coverage involving personal tragedy or sensitive issues that invite personal attacks instead of thoughtful discussion.
You can read more here about our commenting policy and terms of use. More information is also found on our FAQs.
Show less