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The head of the NHL players' union said Monday that negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement will begin "very quickly" -- perhaps as early as this week -- and didn't rule out talks stretching into the season.

One thing was made very clear after Tuesday's Game 2 of the West finals: Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane and Dustin Byfuglien are the best line in the playoffs right now.

The Olympic ending could not have been better for the NHL, with the U.S. and Canada in the final and Crosby's Stanley Cup champion Penguins playing U.S. goalie Ryan Miller's Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday, when most teams are back in action.

Jonathan Toews, Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook made Team Canada's Olympic roster.