No end to NHL lockout

There was guarded optimism a resolution to the NHL lockout might be within reach after a marathon negotiating session in New York ended at 1 a.m. yesterday. But by the end of the day, the situation looked quite possibly grimmer than at any point since the start of the lockout 83 days ago. “There has been a development,” NHL Players Association chief Donald Fehr said last night. “It’s not a positive one.” After talks Tuesday and Wednesday, and even last evening, there was a sense that the sides were moving closer to a...