N.H.L. Scratches Two More Weeks of Games and All-Star Weekend Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press, via Associated Press The N.H.L. canceled another two weeks' worth of games, as well as the All-Star Game. The N.H.L. announced on Friday the cancellation of another two weeks" worth of games, along with the All-Star Game set for Jan. 27 in Columbus, Ohio. With this latest batch of games and events called off because of the 69-day lockout, the N.H.L. drew nearer to the brink of canceling the season. The cancellation of games through Dec. 14 brings the total of regular-season games scratched during the lockout to 422, amounting to 34.3 percent of the season. The league had already canceled the Jan. 1 Winter Classic in Ann Arbor, Mich., the only N.H.L. regular-season event bigger than its All-Star Game. The announcement of the canceled games followed the league's rejection of a union offer on Wednesday, as talks between the two sides lurched into a 10th week. The two sides did not negotiate on Friday, but there was public discussion about the possibility of decertifying the union, a tactic used by the players" unions in the N.F.L. and the N.B.A. during lockouts last year, and advocated Thursday by Buffalo Sabres goalie Ryan Miller. Decertifying the players union could allow players to bring an antitrust case against the N.H.L., with the threat that courts may rule the salary cap unlawful in the absence of a union. On Friday morning on Sportsnet radio in Toronto, Bill Daly, the league's deputy commissioner, called decertification "a time-consuming process that would likely lead to the end of the season." Asked about decertification later on the same station, Steve Fehr, the union's special counsel, said that "all things are under consideration." "The gap that remains on the core economic issues is $182 million," Donald Fehr, the executive director of the N.H.L. Players" Association, said in a statement Friday, using the union's estimate of how far apart the two sides are in negotiations. "On Wednesday, N.H.L. Commissioner Gary Bettman said that the league is losing $18 million to $20 million per day during the lockout, therefore two more weeks of canceled games far exceeds the current economic gap," Fehr said in the statement. "It makes the N.H.L."s announcement of further game cancellations, including the 2013 All-Star weekend, all the more unnecessary, and disappointing for all hockey fans - especially those in Columbus. The players remain ready to negotiate, but we require a willing negotiating partner. The N.H.L. characterizes the gap between the two sides" proposals as being as much as $900 million. Bettman's main reason for imposing the lockout, the third of his two-decade tenure as commissioner, is to reduce the players" portion of overall revenue to 50 percent. Under the collective bargaining agreement that expired on Sept. 15, the players received 57 percent of revenue. If the lockout continues and two more weeks of games are canceled, the season will stand in jeopardy. In the first lockout of Bettman's tenure, during the 1994-95 season, the two sides reached fundamental agreement at the Jan. 10 deadline for cancellation of the season. In the second lockout, Bettman announced on Feb. 16 that the 2004-5 season was canceled - the first, and still the only, major league season in North America to be wiped out by a labor dispute. The loss of the All-Star Game and its associated events is especially costly to the Blue Jackets, who are estimated to have lost more than $10 million last season and were counting on the All-Star weekend for a monetary boost. The Blue Jackets are one of the money-losing franchises helping to drive the lockout, as teams seek ways to pay less in player salaries. "The reality of losing more regular-season games as well as the 2013 N.H.L. All-Star Weekend in Columbus is extremely disappointing," Daly said in a statement. "We feel badly for N.H.L. fans and particularly those in Columbus, and we intend to work closely with the Blue Jackets" organization to return the N.H.L. All-Star events to Columbus and their fans as quickly as possible." During the two previous lockouts, the canceled All-Star games were later played in the cities that had been scheduled to host them. The All-Star Game scheduled for 1995 in San Jose, Calif., was played there in 1997, and the 2005 game set for Atlanta was played there in 2008.