Aww, isn't that nice? The NHLPA to meet with player reps Nov. 2 so they can all sit around and sing Kumbaya and tell themselves that losing a third of their salaries which, GENIUSES, they're not going to make up with wage increases is a good plan.

``The NHLPA has scheduled a meeting with all player representatives on Nov. 2 in Toronto as part of our ongoing information updates during the owners' lockout,'' senior director Ted Saskin said Thursday. Information updates? About what? "We're still not talking! Franco is still dead!"

Come to your senses, boys. Please.