NEW YORK -- NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says the league will take some time to look at a counter-proposal from the NHL Players' Association.
The offer came during roughly three hours of meetings on Monday afternoon. Bettman indicated that league officials would spend the evening examining the counter-proposal.
"We have to review the response," said Bettman. "There was an opportunity for the players' association to highlight the areas that they thought we should focus on based on their response. And that's something we've now got to look at very closely in addition to the myriad of other issues."
The next meeting time has not been finalized but Bettman hopes the two sides can resume talks by midday Tuesday. The union's offer was said to be a full one and came a few days after the league made some movement in 288-page proposal delivered Thursday night.
"We covered the range of subjects they covered," said Fehr. "Their document included a very long list of contract language as opposed to bullet-point items. We have not attempted to do that.
"I don't even want to attempt to do that until we know what we're trying to agree on."
The sides are looking to reach an agreement in time to play a shortened season that would see the playoffs end before July. For that to happen, Bettman has told the union that a deal would need to be reached by Jan. 11 so the puck could be dropped Jan. 19.
"What we've said is we need to drop the puck by Jan. 19 if we're going to play a 48-game season," said Bettman. "We don't think it makes sense to play a season that is any shorter than that."
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