NHL asks union for detailed proposal after Monday's session

The NHL and NHLPA resumed discussions Monday night in New York, and the meeting ended with the league asking the union to submit a formal proposal detailing its position on all of the basic economic issues.

The session, which lasted less than two hours, was the first meeting between the league and the union in more than a week.

Player contracting rights and core economics were among the issues discussed.

"We'd like to know where (the NHLPA is) on all the issues and we asked them to think about putting together a comprehensive proposal for us to consider," NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly told reporters. "It's our position (that) we've made a couple comprehensive proposals in a row. We'd like to know where they are on all the issues and we asked them to think about putting together a comprehensive proposal for us to consider."

NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr said he'd consult with his membership and confer with the league Tuesday morning.

The two sides might not meet again formally until Wednesday, ESPN.com reported.

"We had hoped to engage them in a discussion about the players contracting issues that are so important to the players," Fehr said, according to ESPN.com. "At least tonight, they were unwilling to do that."

However, the league considers the core economics and player contracting issues as linked. Daly said the league has not received a clear statement from the union on its stance on that issue as a whole.

The league apparently wants the NHLPA to make an offer that is linked to revenue growth, rather than being based on a guaranteed player amount. The NHLPA's last offer proposed $1.883 billion with 1.75 percent interest in Year 1.

The NHL and NHLPA have been without a Collective Bargaining Agreement since Sept. 16. The NHL had already canceled the regular-season schedule through Dec. 1 and the Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic, scheduled for Jan. 1.

Daly said the NHL will have to make a decision on canceling more games if a new CBA is not reached soon.