from Michael Russo of the Star Tribune,

We're 45 days into the lockout, games have been canceled through Nov. 30, the Winter Classic is days from being axed, the league says $720 million of damage already has been done and Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly told the Star Tribune on Monday that it "seems like we are back to Square 1. ... Not sure what we do now."

Considering the two sides have not met since Oct. 18 and no future meetings are on the docket, where does it go from here?

"I don't know the answer, and believe me, I wouldn't keep it to myself if I did," Fehr said.

As players, including several from the Wild who should have been playing the Washington Capitals on Monday night, filed into a ballroom for dinner, Fehr sat down with the Star Tribune to discuss a process that "the longer it goes on, the more frustrating it becomes."

more and a Q & A with Fehr also from Russo.