NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, center, arrives with deputy commissioner Bill Daly, right, as the NHL and its locked-out player resume negotiations in Toronto on Wednesday Oct. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)
Florida Panthers player Stephen Weiss talks to the media, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012 about the labor issues after an informal skate in Coral Springs, Fla. With a lockout drawing ever closer, the NHL and the players' union are in touch with each other after a day of internal meetings. But no new negotiating sessions are scheduled for Friday, one day before Commissioner Gary Bettman has said he will lock out the players. This would be the NHL's fourth work stoppage since 1992.(AP Photo/J Pat Carter)
Donald Fehr, executive director of the NHL Players union, speaks with the media after labor talks in Toronto, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/The Canadian, Chris Young)
Donald Fehr, executive director of the NHL Players' Association, speaks to reporters following collective bargaining talks between the NHLPA and the NHL in Toronto on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)
Donald Fehr, executive director of the NHL Players' Association, speaks to reporters following collective bargaining talks between the NHLPA and the NHL in Toronto on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)
Donald Fehr, center, executive director of the NHL Players' Association, speaks to journalists following labor talks with the NHL, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, in Toronto. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)