http://assets.espn.go.com/i/tvlistings/tv_espn_original.gif en-us 10 ESPN Inc. http://espn.go.com/ Copyright 2010 ESPN Inc. The Olympics are not part of this tentative collective bargaining agreement, but that certainly doesn't mean the NHL and the NHL Players' Association ...]]> January 08, 2013 14:23:22 PST NEW YORK -- My tweet went out at 5:09 a.m. ET announcing the NHL and the players' association had agreed to a tentative agreement for a new collective...]]> January 06, 2013 07:48:22 PST The NHL announced the cancellation of more games Thursday, this time through Jan. 14, as time is running out to salvage a season.]]> December 20, 2012 10:11:56 PST As another day goes by without bargaining talks, Thursday being the league's deadline for a new collective bargaining agreement to save a fu...]]> October 25, 2012 09:02:15 PDT The NHL and NHL Players' Association can't agree to meet at this point.]]> October 23, 2012 16:31:24 PDT The NHL Players' Association was not informed last week when the NHL gave its 30 general managers a 48-hour window to answer questions directly from players regarding the league's labor proposal.]]> October 23, 2012 05:26:35 PDT There was never any chance that a new collective bargaining agreement was going to materialize over the summer. Nada. Zero. No one should be sur...]]> September 06, 2012 12:40:53 PDT No one should be surprised at where we are in CBA negotiations, as there are contentious issues being discussed and a lot of work to be done, writes Pierre LeBrun.]]> September 06, 2012 06:56:31 PDT In the end, the trades that weren't pulled off had sexier overtones than the ones that were actually registered Monday. And unless there are dramat...]]> February 27, 2012 16:17:18 PST The ABCs of a new CBA are complex. But we know the desire to get a deal done is strong -- if the parties can work through serious issues.]]> October 03, 2011 06:14:07 PDT The collective-bargaining agreement still has two seasons to run its course, but its future is a simmering topic among some around the NHL.]]> October 01, 2010 06:46:46 PDT The NHLPA executive board in Chicago decided to extend the collective bargaining agreement through the 2011-12 season -- the seventh and final season for the CBA.]]> June 22, 2010 11:08:21 PDT We fully understand why most hockey fans' eyes glaze over whenever we update them on labor issues in the NHL. But this little bit of news, we believe,...]]> January 17, 2009 17:36:25 PST It's time to stop calling Paul Kelly the "new" leader of the players' union. On Friday, he celebrated his one-year anniversary on the job as executive director of the NHL Players' Association.]]> October 24, 2008 10:56:23 PDT And the first marquee contract of the new CBA goes to ... the New Jersey Devils! Some interesting observations accompany the eight-year, $46 mi...]]> January 16, 2013 13:00:54 PST