from Chris Johnstonf ot the CP at the Globe and Mail,

“We’ve always been willing and ready to bargain,” NHLPA special counsel Steve Fehr told The Canadian Press on Monday night. “It seems like the league has ... paused or cut the process off several times over the last few months. I don’t know that we ever have.

“We’re ready to meet whenever they’re ready to meet.”

According to Fehr, he and deputy commissioner Bill Daly last communicated with one another via email on Friday night. Daly indicated that there had been no miscommunication between the parties.

“They know where we are and we know where they are,” he said. “We are still a long way apart. I’m sure if either one of us has a new idea for moving the process forward, we know how to get in touch.”

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