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Behind the NHL's closed doors

By DJ Gallo
Special to Page 2

Wednesday, September 15, 2004

The high priests of labor and management in the NHL administered last rites to the league's collective bargaining agreement late Wednesday morning, and an announcement of its official death is expected at any minute. A lockout now is a certainty. The death watch has been at critical mass since last Thursday, when representatives from the owners and the NHLPA failed to reach an agreement at their last-gasp negotiating meeting in Toronto. Little was made public from that closed-door meeting, bey ...

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