Updated 09/13/2012 07:15 PM
NHL lockout looms
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We could be looking at at least a shortened NHL season. The two sides are presenting proposals Wednesday and they remain far apart.
It's all about revenue sharing. The league wants the players to get under 50 percent. The players want more than 50 percent and neither side is budging right now.
With close to 300 players on hand, NHLPA head Donald Fehr gave the union's side early Thursday afternoon in New York, basically putting it on the league. He said the players want to play and the league can avoid a lock, adding that the league wants the players to make less money and have fewer rights.
The NHL Board of Governors met later Thursday. Comissioner Gary Bettman stuck to his guns, saying the NHL season will not start until there is a new collective bargaining agreement in place, and added that he is willing to meet with the players' union, any time, any place.
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The negotiations have left many Buffalo Sabres fans upset.
"There's a lot of energy in the team this year and so there's a lot of disappointment when the season doesn't begin," said Gary Cohen, Amherst.
"The players, hopefully they're smart enough to have a contingency plan saved up but the fans that have season tickets and eveyrthing else – they pay all that money, they get hurt," said Alice Cimicato, Hamburg.
"It's a very hard-working, middle-class town, I would say, and the outlet is sports for people here," said George Leverette, Buffalo.
The season is scheduled to start October 11th.