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Hainsey looking for NHL labor talks to resume soon
By IRA PODELL
AP Sports Writer /
December 18, 2012
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Hainsey maintains his optimism that if the sides can find their way back to the table they can figure out the path to a deal. The outlook is now somewhat cloudy because not only have the sides failed to work out an agreement, they appear to have lost some direction on how to get the process going again.
Federal mediation hasn’t helped much in two tries over a combined four days. The most success seemed to come in New York, when six owners joined about 18 players in talks without Bettman and Fehr in the room until the end of that process. Hainsey, who is in the final season of a five-year deal he signed with the former Atlanta Thrashers, is all for trying that again.
‘‘Both (sides) were very respectful of each other,’’ he said. ‘‘They were good meetings, they were productive, we did make progress. We were very appreciative of the way we were treated in the meetings by the owners. ... Maybe it’s something that is worth revisiting and worthwhile and could possibly bring us closer to a deal.’’
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