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Bettman and NHLPA Executive Director Donald Fehr have declined to publicly discuss what the major issues will be in upcoming labor talks.
"I am hopeful this all sorts out easily because labor peace is preferable to the alternative," Bettman said during a news conference on May 30 before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals.
On the same night in Newark, N.J., Fehr said it was his goal to start the season on time. The former head of the baseball players' union joined the NHLPA as a special assistant before becoming its executive director nearly two years ago.
"I have some ideas about how it's going to go, but I have learned that making predictions in this business is a bit of a foolish enterprise," Fehr said last month. "Too many things can happen that can cause you to change course."
The NBA played a shortened season this year after a five-month labor dispute that resulted in a lockout and delayed the start of the season until late December. The NFL also had a lockout that shortened training camp last year.
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