In the midst of a player lockout and with no end in sight the NHL cancelled the rest of their preseason schedule Thursday.
The NHL is scheduled to meet with the NHLPA Friday in New York however those talks will reportedly be over secondary issues and not the big sticking points including how to split $3 billion in annual revenue.
“I’ll reserve judgment on my sense of ‘optimism’ (or not) until we see how our meetings unfold,” NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said in an email to The Associated Press. “Ultimately, we have to meet and talk to make a deal. But until we make progress and see some compromise from the Union of their economic position, we won’t be going anywhere fast.
“We will see.”
The NHL locked out the players back on September 16th when both sides were unable to agree on a new collective bargaining agreement.
The regular season is scheduled to begin on October 11th.
h/t: Sporting News
