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. [...]

Discussing whether the Sharks should trade veteran defenseman Dan Boyle (short answer: no), ESPN.com’s Pierre LeBrun suggests the club should be keen to add at least one experienced, penalty-killing forward before the end of February: LeBrun says “Trading Dan Boyle doesn’t make sense. He’s struggling right now, but history shows his game will turn around. What’s alarming, though, is [...]