added 3:08pm, via Sean Fitz-Gerald of the National Post,

National Hockey League deputy commissioner Bill Daly is hopeful collective bargaining with the NHL Players’ Association will resume this week, with the main executives from both sides expected to be in Toronto.

“No bargaining sessions scheduled,” Daly said Monday. “But we have kept in close contact and, obviously, it’s fair to say both sides are working. But they’re working internally right now.”...

“Obviously, we’ve got to talk before you can get a deal ” Daly said. “So I think it’s important to get the talks going again. But you also have to have something to say — and I think it’s fair to say we feel like we need to hear from the players’ association in a meaningful way, because I don’t think they’ve really moved off of their initial proposal, which was made more than a month ago.”