NHL players eye strategy before lockout 12 (UPI) -- NHL Players Association officials were to meet in New York Wednesday to mull demands by team owners who say they want more concessions on a new contract. Owners have threatened to lock out players at midnight Saturday if some agreement cannot be reached, the New York Post reported. Some 300 union members will meet Wednesday and Thursday. The league's Board of Governors is due to convene Thursday. In their initial offer on July 13, owners said they wanted players to reduce their share of revenue from 57 percent to 43 percent. Players counter-offered on Aug. 14 with a proposal to limit increases in their share to 2 percent the first year, rising to 6 percent in the third year. The union also wants an option for their share of revenue to return to 57 percent the fourth year. Members of negotiating committees for both sides have yet to meet this month. Both sides are waiting to hear from courts in Canada about whether the NHL can legally lock out teams there.