I think this story from the LA Times - A Late Bid to Break the Ice - may require registration. Here's the gist

About a dozen influential owners, general managers, players and agents held "serious" discussions Sunday to shape a new labor agreement and save the NHL season but were losing a battle with the clock, a source familiar with the talks said.
The source said the group, whose members he declined to identify, hoped to "construct a framework they can present jointly to the players' association and the league in hope it can get them to sit down and put something together." However, the source said, "they might just find time ran out."
Several sources verified that the mediation produced no reason to believe even a 28-game NHL season will be played. They all painted a picture of intense discussions among players, between players and owners, and between players and agents as they tried to determine what happens next.
One source said a large contingent of players held a conference call early last week and that Dallas Star forward Bill Guerin, a union vice president and member of its negotiating committee, grew "agitated." Guerin accused other players of caving under owners' pressure to accept a salary cap and said they could have reached a similar deal in September - and then hung up.
Another source said a group of players, frustrated with the stalemate, had called Goodenow on Saturday to express concern about losing the season. "They tried to speak with Bob and say, 'This isn't the road we want to go down,' " the source said.
Goodenow apparently was unmoved.
Owners and general managers have been allowed to speak to the media and to players since last week, when Bettman lifted a gag order prohibiting contact. Steve Rucchin, one of the Mighty Ducks' union representatives, said he doubted those conversations would be fruitful.
"I think this has been used to put a little pressure on players to get something done," he said. "I don't see it leading to anything.
"Still, it is something, and no question, the players are hoping to get something done. Where it stands right now, there has been nothing put forth that is acceptable. Obviously not playing hockey is not a good thing. But that doesn't mean we accept anything they throw our way. We trust in our negotiating committee."

Bob was "unmoved"? For God's sake - he represents YOU, boys. Throw him out if he's not doing his job.