As bleak as it seemed Thursday following emotional press conferences in NYC, both sides are pushing their leaders to get back to the table.—
Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) December 09, 2012

Chris Botta says “Hoping the next NHL-NHLPA gimmick is genuine collective bargaining by each group’s leaders. And that it’s the final gimmick.”

Dave Molinari tweets “Best possible time for next round of CBA talks: Undisclosed. Best possible location: As far from microphones and notebooks as possible.”

1:11PM Dreger adds “”Pushing” may not equate to progress. Some owners are relieved NHL proposal is off the table and want to back off. So close…but, so far…”