At a conference in Toronto, Steve Fehr, via Elliotte Friedman, said that he an Bill Daly share a belief on how quickly a deal can get done.

Fehr said that “when the moment is rights……the deal will be done very quickly”

2:50PM: Katie Carrera tweets “Steve Fehr says NHLPA is open to the concept of mediation but said his understanding is league “isn’t terribly interested”.”

3:17PM: Fehr said to the CP that there are three issues stopping the lockout from getting resolved: split of HRR, player contract rules and who pays for the damage that the lockout has caused.