I'll frame this thread with the linked article, but this can serve as our thread on the status of the negotiations and any new proposals:
NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly to SportsBusiness Journal on Sunday afternoon: "We remain a long way apart. We need to hear again from the Players' Association before this can move forward."
The league maintains that it will lock out the players on Sept. 15 without a new deal.
Daly said the two sides were in touch over the weekend, but there have not been any formal discussions since a pair of meetings on Friday.
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Donald Fehr, the NHLPA executive director, said Friday that the sides are "still trying to bridge the gap" between their proposals.