NEW YORK: National Hockey League owners were reviewing the latest offer from the players’ union yesterday, but both sides remain far apart as they attempt to end the two month long lockout.
The NHL Players Association made the new offer Wednesday morning as the two sides met in New York. The owners said they would review it.
Despite two meetings this week, there was little progress as the negotiating teams head into the US Thanksgiving holiday.
“We’re still far apart,” NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said yesterday.
“But hopefully there’s some momentum so we can bring this process to a successful conclusion,” he added to reporters yesterday.
Bettman said that the league business is losing between $18 million to $20m per day, while players are losing between $8m to $10m per day. AFP
