NHL collective bargaining talks were canceled Wednesday after top executives from the league and players' union held an impromptu morning meeting to discuss the status of the negotiations. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and deputy commissioner Bill Daly spent about two hours with players' association executive director Donald Fehr and his brother, Steve Fehr, the union's No. 2 man. "I think more than anything else it was to review where we are in the process, where we've come from, where we are with the various proposals and to determine how to move the process forward in the best way possible -- hoping and understanding that both sides are committed to using the time left to making a deal as quickly as possible," Daly said. The clock is ticking. The current agreement is set to expire Sept. 15, when the NHL says it will lock out the players if a new deal hasn't been reached. Formal talks between the two sides were slated to resume Wednesday afternoon, but they have now been postponed until Thursday morning. Read more: http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/8...rs-association-cancel-latest-cba-negotiations
