NHL Lockout Updates: Leverage vs. Leverage

The NHL would love the NHLPA (and you) to believe they will cancel the season without a deal. The NHLPA would love the NHL (and you) to believe they'll file for disclaiming interest.

NHL Lockout Thread: Two buyouts on the table, NHLPA keeping disclaim in pocket

Mostly we needed a fresh NHL lockout/CBA thread, since our commentariat is discussing on-going negotiations in every other thread.

NHL CBA Meetings: Rick DiPietro, Brad Boyes Part of Wednesday NHLPA Presence

The NHL and its players union are heading toward what could be another late night. According to Michael Grange (and surely others on the ground), the NHLPA provided a response to the NHL's latest offer and the two sides hope to meet again Wednesday night after the NHL studies the response.

Darren Dreger reports pensions remain a hot topic, and the sides hope to meet by 8 p.m. EST. Which in CBA-speak, often means 10 p.m.

According to the NHLPA, the player contingent in New York for today's meetings included New York Islanders Rick DiPietro and Brad Boyes. DiPietro is currently in the seventh year of a 15-year contract. Boyes is on a one-year deal signed last summer.

NHL Lockout: League Counters NHLPA's Counteroffer

Or rather, make that a "comprehensive response," according to NHLPA head Donald Fehr.

Lockout Episode 28: New-ish NHL CBA Proposal Has $60 Million 2014 Cap, Buyout

Resuming negotiations for the first time since a mid-December tantrum, the NHL continues to inch off hills it previously pledged to die on.