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The grand collapse of negotiations between the NHL and NHLPA dominate news.

2012 NHL Lockout: Player/owners meeting will include Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik

2012 While it's common to hear about divisions between the NHL and NHLPA, a report stated some of the things the lague and the Players Associatio have agreed to. One point seems enigmatic at best.NHL Lockout: Move up free agency?

Between a New York Post report and an anonymous owner's suggestion the league is losing money, the notion NHL owners are out to simply dominate labor and the NHL Players Association rings true once again.

NHL ownership got everything they wanted in the 2004-05 lockout with thanks to a weak union. In 2012, ownership once again cries poverty in the wake of posting record revenues and awarding gargantuan cotnracts.