As part of the negotiating committee for the NHLPA, Jets defenseman Ron Hainsey has kept busy during the lockout by taking part in the ongoing talks with the NHL. 

"We've said it a number of times, but it's worth repeating: It's obviously very difficult to make a deal if you're not meeting or negotiating," Hainsey told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Tuesday. "I've yet to see a way we can do it without sitting down across a table from each other."