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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 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...

Undrafted and waived twice in the same month of his first full NHL season, Chris Kunitz never would have envisioned that one day he would be sitting third overall in scoring in the top league in the world, writes Pierre LeBrun.

With the Olympics less than a year away, IOC inspectors are visiting Sochi again to check on preparations for the 2014 Winter Games.

The NHL and NHL Players' Association have agreed to change this season's escrow rate to 20 percent, sources confirmed to ESPN.com.

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.

I'm not surprised that, in the end, the NHL Players' Association gave its consent to the NHL's realignment plan. While there were still reservations among player membership regarding the unbalanced 16/14 split in conferences, it wasn't worth the f...

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

Chief NHL disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan had his hands full inside the player safety room on a recent game night, writes Pierre LeBrun.

The NHL's continued involvement in the Olympic Games will be discussed later this week when the league meets with the IOC, the International Ice Hockey Federation and the NHL Players' Association.

The NHL and NHL Players' Association have set this season's escrow rate at 10 percent, both sides confirmed to ESPN.com Thursday.

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

So, the executive board of the NHL Players' Association now has the hammer. The question is, will the board swing it? The NHLPA decided Friday to keep the results of the vote an internal matter, but several players confirmed to ESPN.com that the ...

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.