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Talk for the next couple weeks will be filled with debate over how much collateral damage has been done. Let's get this out of the way quickly: Not much, writes Darren Rovell.

Even if the NHL lockout stretches out and cancels another season, die-hard fans will come back to the game and the owners know it, writes Darren Rovell.

The first postseason in two years is giving us some great hockey, but the NHL is still in search of a television audience to watch it.

Will the new NHL ads win back fans? Darren Rovell writes the final on-ice product will be more important.

The NHL will be broadcast on OLN after Comcast offered a three-year deal worth more than $200 million for the broadcast rights. ESPN decided not to match the offer.

When the NHL returns, will the fans – and more important, the advertising dollars – also return?

Will the NHL still have 30 teams after the lockout is settled? No one knows for sure.

The NHL's biggest weakness could be its greatest strength once a new CBA is struck.

Calling the National Hockey League "a patient on life support," Stan Kasten, former president of the Atlanta Thrashers, Braves and Hawks, gave his last ditch suggestion to both the league and the players association, hoping to help bring about a solution

MLBPA chief Donald Fehr reminds baseball players of their previous battles over salary cap proposals.

As the countdown to the NHL lockout continues, the clock begins on the owners and players' resolve at the negotiating table.

With labor strife looming, the chief negotiators for the NHL and players union both agree the glass is half empty.

The three low-budget teams still alive in the Stanley Cup playoffs poke holes in the league's contention they can't compete.

One-third of NHL teams say a work stoppage would save them money. Some are already planning cutbacks.

The NHL's most popular players are also its oldest, yet the league isn't worried about the younger generation.

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