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The Maple Leafs and Canadiens last met in the playoffs in 1979. If the two teams meet this year, writes Pierre LeBrun, it would be hockey fandemonium.

TORONTO -- The NHL's 30 GMs endorsed three key issues Wednesday, but the question now is whether the NHL Players' Association will endorse them to make them a reality. 1. Grandfathering visors Mathieu Schneider, the NHLPA's special assistant to t...

Watch Sidney Crosby with or without the puck on this night and you appreciate that the full package has fully returned: little chip passes from in-close, behind the back passes, a step on his pursuer, the sense of anticipation, it was all there on display, writes Pierre LeBrun.

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.

Sure, it's hard to remember now, but there were actually plenty of highs in the NHL during 2012, writes Scott Burnside.

Tampa Bay Lighting forward Steven Stamkos and P.K. Subban of the Montreal Canadiens will lead teams of locked-out NHL players during a charity game next week at the former Maple Leaf Gardens.

The latest round of NHL labor talks broke down Thursday when the league rejected the players' proposal of an eight-year collective bargaining agreement.

The NHL and NHLPA exchanged "proposals" to potentially end the lockout Wednesday following the previous day's marathon session, multiple sources confirmed to ESPNNewYork.com.

Negotiations between hockey owners and players are going so well that NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says he's "pleased with the process" -- even if he has been left outside the latest rounds of discussions.

Today, Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun weigh the pros and cons of the NHL-NHLPA owners-players meeting scheduled for Tuesday. Bring it, fellas. SCOTT BURNSIDE: Good day, my friend. Well, this promises to be an interesting -- dare we say seminal? ...

With decertification a possible road for the NHLPA, Craig Custance looks at who some of the winners and losers might be in a radically-altered landscape.

Blog | Conversation | December 03, 2012

If indeed a players and owners-only meeting comes to fruition, count New York Rangers team owner and MSG chairman James Dolan as a willing participant.

A new NHL labor deal might not be as far off as it seems.

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

Despite the cancellation of the 2013 game, the Winter Classic will rebound to again represent all that is good and pure about the game, Scott Burnside writes.

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.