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Sunday has been a weird day that followed 113 other weird days for hockey fans. Very early this morning, Gary Bettman stood in the middle of a media scrum pressed up against his mortal enemy Don...

They are close, they are far apart. The only thing left for NHL clubs to do is be ready - for a resolution or for a continued contemptuous affair.

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

Talks collapse and so does the hockey world.

Fans of the National Hockey League received what they have come to expect over the course of the past few months on Thursday night...bitter disappointment.

Though Pittsburgh Penguins owner Ron Burkle and captain Sidney Crosby are getting much praise for progress today with talks between teh NHL and the NHLPA, Tampa Bay officials have been major allies.

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

"The Instigator", Jonathon Gatehouse's book about Gary Bettman's time as NHL commissioner, is a timely read for NHL fans.

Are owners crying wolf with losses associated with owning hockey teams? Gary Bettman, be gone! The Syracuse Crunch are all over the headlines too in our link update for Sunday.

What if the NHL and NHLPA threw a party and I went and watched the Syracuse Crunch instead?