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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.

Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard said the latest unraveling of NHL labor talks felt like "getting the wind knocked out of you."

The NHL and NHLPA are scheduled to resume bargaining talks Tuesday in New York City, sources told ESPN.com's Pierre LeBrun.

After more than two weeks apart and the hockey season hanging in the balance, the NHL and the players' association are returning to the bargaining table Saturday after more than two weeks off.

Forget this business about the league's deadline to scoop up a refund or any other financial aspect tied to Friday's announcement that the Winter Classic is canceled for this season. Remove your labor-tainted glasses -- which is hard to do these d...

According to a spokesperson, the Quebec Labour Relations Board has set Dec. 6-7 aside to hear the NHLPA's case on behalf of several players from the Montreal Canadiens challenging the legality of the league-imposed lockout.

With negotiations stalled and the league-imposed deadline approaching Thursday, there does not appear to be any hope to preserve an 82-game season. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said as much Wednesday.

The NHL, mired in a lockout with the players, announced Friday that it is canceling its regular season through Nov. 1. A total of 135 regular-season games were scheduled for Oct. 11 through Nov. 1.

NHL labor negotiations will resume Thursday after the players' union reviewed management's proposal and saw it as only a small step forward to ending the monthlong lockout.

Attempting to understand the big, fat mess that is the NHL.

The Great One is optimistic about the NHL's labor situation.

The NHL says there will be no bargaining with the players' union Saturday, leaving nothing to stop a lockout.

NHLPA head Donald Fehr says the players are unified as they face the threat of a lockout from owners if a new collective bargaining agreement can't be reached.

NHL players began examining the league's proposed expansion of revenue sharing in the latest round of labor talks on Tuesday.

CHICAGO -- The first salvo, if you will, of the upcoming labor negotiations between NHL players and owners was fired on Monday as players gathered for three days of meetings in Chicago. "From our standpoint, the starting place is the players made ...

If the NHL can avoid another work stoppage, the schedule for the upcoming season is set.