After more than a week of stalled talks between the NHL and the NHLPA, negotiations for a new CBA will resume this Friday.
Sources tell ESPN.com's Pierre LeBrun that talks will begin with discussions of non-economic issues.
After more than a week of stalled talks between the NHL and the NHLPA, negotiations for a new CBA will resume this Friday.
Sources tell ESPN.com's Pierre LeBrun that talks will begin with discussions of non-economic issues.
The NHL and NHLPA were back in the same room Monday, but it was not to resume labor talks, according to an ESPN.com report.
Instead, they had a previously scheduled meeting dealing with hashing out last season's revenue numbers.
When they came out of the four-hour meeting, there still wasn't any official plan to resume bargaining talks.
"No bargaining scheduled, but we have kept in close contact," deputy commissioner Bill Daly told a handful of media. "It's fair to say both sides are working, but they're working internally right now."
The NHL and NHLPA are set to meet for the first time in nearly two weeks, but a discussion about a new CBA isn't on the agenda, according to an ESPN.com report.
Instead, the sides will discuss the accounting for last season's revenue when they meet Monday morning in Toronto.
The NHLPA says it hasn't seen a lawsuit reportedly filed by the parents of the late Derek Boogaard seeking $9.8M from the union.
TMZ reported Friday that Boogaard's family is suing to collect the $4.8M remaining on the contract for their son, who died last year, and an additional $5M in punitive damages.
The suit says the players' association failed to take proper steps to help them receive the money left on Boogaard's deal with the Rangers when he died May 13, 2011, from a mixture of drugs and alcohol.
A lengthy hearing before the Alberta Labour Relations Board about the legality of the NHL lockout ended without a decision Friday night, a spokesperson for the ALRB told ESPNNewYork.com.
No decision is expected until early next week.
More than a week has passed since the NHL and NHLPA have had meaningful discussions.
Sources from both sides told ESPNNewYork.com they do not expect any formal CBA sessions this week considering Friday's hearing in Edmonton with the Alberta Labour Relations Board.
The Anschutz Entertainment Group, which owns the Los Angeles Kings, Los Angeles Galaxy and Staples Center, is being put up for sale, the company announced Tuesday.
AEG is owned by the Anschutz Company, which is run by Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz.
What the NHL has warned for some time now seems imminent. commissioner Gary Bettman received a unanimous vote from owners on Thursday in support of a league-imposed lockout should no deal be reached by midnight ET Saturday, according to an ESPN.com report.
The NHL and NHLPA exchanged labor proposals during a meeting in New York on Wednesday afternoon, though the likelihood a deal gets done before the weekend still appears bleak, according to an ESPN.com report.
Both sides traded revamped versions of their last proposals to address the core economic issues that continue to polarize the two groups.
Although relations between the NHL and NHLPA seem to be growing increasingly contentious in the week leading up to the lockout, the two sides plan to meet Wednesday morning, multiple sources told ESPNNewYork.com.
The meeting is expected to be informal, similar to last Friday, when Gary Bettman and Bill Daly sat down with Donald Fehr and his brother, Steve.
It is not clear whether the union, which held a conference call with players Wednesday, will submit an offer.