News Source: New York Post

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It’s up to players now

In pro sports, it is apparently more of a calamity for a game to be decided on the final play on a bogus call by scab officials, as the Seahawks-Packers NFL game was last Monday, than it is for games — if not an entire season — not to be played at...

NHL, players back at table

Proving they don’t reflexively dispute that the sun rises in the East, the NHL and its Players Association found common ground, and even agreement, on subjects that included drug testing and medical care yesterday. Optimists will grasp such grapes in the hope the owners’ lockout will end next month...

NHL cancels rest of preseason

The NHL and its Players Association have each cleared their decks to negotiate all weekend, though the sides are not expected to return to the prime issue of the players’ revenue share.Meanwhile, the NHL yesterday cancelled the remainder of its preseason schedule, because of the lockout, including the Oct...

NHL cancels rest of preseason

The NHL and its Players Association have each cleared their decks to negotiate all weekend, though the sides are not expected to return to the prime issue of the players’ revenue share.Meanwhile, the NHL yesterday cancelled the remainder of its preseason schedule, because of the lockout, including the Oct...

NHL cancels rest of preseason

The NHL and its Players Association have each cleared their decks to negotiate all weekend, though the sides are not expected to return to the prime issue of the players’ revenue share.Meanwhile, the NHL yesterday cancelled the remainder of its preseason schedule, because of the lockout, including the Oct...

NHL cancels rest of preseason

The NHL and its Players Association have each cleared their decks to negotiate all weekend, though the sides are not expected to return to the prime issue of the players’ revenue share.Meanwhile, the NHL yesterday cancelled the remainder of its preseason schedule, because of the lockout, including the Oct...

Devils’ Elias not playing in Russian league during this NHL lockout

During the last lockout, likely Hall of Fame Devil Patrik Elias tried the Russian league, and he nearly died. Elias said Friday he isn’t going to be playing European hockey for at least a while, yet, and that his 2005 nightmare with hepatitis is part of that decision. “Yes...

Backward-thinking NHL shoots itself in skate

Other than the collateral damage the owners’ lockout will inflict on various groups of innocent third-party civilians who are dependent upon the NHL for income, the saddest aspect of this fiasco is the opportunity that has been forfeited by the league to break through the frozen ceiling under which it...

Owners’ avarice steers league to lockout

Neither Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs nor Flyers CEO Ed Snider — to pick a pair of hardline hawks driving the NHL agenda — was allowed out from behind the curtain yesterday to explain their need to reach into the players’ pockets in order to enrich their own already substantial bottom lines, the...

Bettman sets Sunday as the final deadline

Practice apparently doesn’t ease the pain. As he prepares to pull the NHL plug for the third time, commissioner Gary Bettman yesterday said he feels “terrible” about it. “Nobody wants to make a deal and play hockey more than I do,” Bettman said.“This is what I do. This...

Brodeur may play abroad if no NHL

While the NHL lurches toward a Saturday night lockout, its ultimatum rejected by the union last night, hockey’s winningest-ever goalie says he’ll consider playing in Europe during the stoppage. “Yes, but not right away,“ Martin Brodeur told The Post. The 40-year-old, who has played only for New Jersey...

NHL, players union to resume talks today

As sand through the hourglass, representatives of the NHL and NHL Players’ Association will meet today for the first time since talks broke off last Friday, albeit in an informal session.It is unknown whether this small-group meeting will lead to the resumption of formal negotiating.A lockout looms upon...

NHL, players union to resume talks today

As sand through the hourglass, representatives of the NHL and NHL Players’ Association will meet today for the first time since talks broke off last Friday, albeit in an informal session.It is unknown whether this small-group meeting will lead to the resumption of formal negotiating.A lockout looms upon...

NHL talks put back on ice

Another NHL lockout is a near-lock. The league and its Players Association yesterday broke off talks aimed at averting a Sept. 15 lockout, without scheduling a resumption. The sides are stalemated over the NHL’s demand the players roll back their salaries despite record league revenues. “In light of what...