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There is still no deal to send NHL players to Sochi next February for the Olympics, but another meeting Friday advanced the process.

The NHL has another Olympic meeting on tap for Friday as the parties involved try to continue to make progress.

The NHL Players' Association after much thought has given its thumbs up to the NHL's proposed re-alignment plan.

NEW YORK -- Gary Bettman got his deal passed with flying colors, got a rousing backing from the chairman of the board, then said sorry to fans and players. All in all, a tidy little day for the NHL commissioner. There was grumbling from some ow...

The NHL has made a new proposal to the NHL Players' Association with time ticking toward a canceled season, the league confirmed Friday.

The NHL announced the cancellation of more games Thursday, this time through Jan. 14, as time is running out to salvage a season.

Looking back at the NHL labor negotiations in 2012 is akin to that sensation you get when you scratch your fingernails on a blackboard. But we will re-visit this sordid (and still unfinished) saga from the start, writes Pierre LeBrun.

As we run out of time on a possible NHL season, there's plenty of blame to go around, writes Pierre LeBrun.

The NHL and NHL Players' Association are scheduled to resume bargaining talks Wednesday, sources on both sides told ESPN.com late Monday night.

NEW YORK -- Yes, I still do think a deal will be reached sooner rather than later, and there will be a season. Let's get that out of the way first. For all the drama that played out this week, lost in the theatrics was this little fact: the NHL an...

NEW YORK -- What should have been a fairly doable mathematical adjustment this past summer has transformed into perhaps the most ridiculous labor impasse in the history of pro sports. Honestly, I can't wrap my head around this one. Are the owne...

The NHL's stalled labor impasse has gone a new route, the league and NHL Players' Association agreeing to meet with a mediator.

Ah, Thanksgiving Thursday in the U.S. A chance for the NHL and NHL Players' Association to take a deep breath and exhale after all the drama that ensued Wednesday on the labor front. For all the rhetoric and posturing from both sides Wednesda...

The ball is now in the NHLPA's court. Which, depending on how that plays out, could mean it ends up squarely back in the NHL's court soon enough. The players' union began working on a new proposal Monday night and was set to continue working o...

NHL bargaining talks will resume Monday in New York City, the league told ESPN.

I vented on Twitter Friday morning that it's utterly insane that this lockout is still happening. The league says Don Fehr refuses to make a deal. The NHLPA says Gary Bettman is intent on crushing the players' union, not making a fair deal. E...