The NHL Board of Governors is the ruling and governing body of the NHL. In this context, each NHL team is a member of the NHL, and each member appoints a Governor (usually the owner of the club), and two alternates to the Board. The current chairman of the Board is Boston Bruins owner, Jeremy Jacobs. [...]

Milan Lucic agreed to a three-year, $18 million contract extension with the Boston Bruins on Saturday. The deal will kick in after this season. In terms of average annual value, the 24-year-old will now become the highest-paid forward on the roster. The physical forward had 26 goals, 62 assists and 135 penalty minutes last season. [...]

With two days remaining until a league-imposed lockout, the NHL and NHL Players Association exchanged Collective Bargaining Agreement proposals during a meeting Wednesday afternoon, though the likelihood a deal gets done before the weekend still appears bleak. Both sides traded revamped versions of their last proposals to address the core economic issues that continue to polarize [...]

Executives and legal counsel from the National Hockey League met with executives, legal counsel and a collection of 11 players from the National Hockey League Players Association for roughly three hours Tuesday at the PA’s office in ongoing Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations. This was the fourth meeting since bargaining commenced June 29 in New York. [...]