The clock is ticking on hockey, with the NHL's collective bargaining agreement with the NHL Players' Association expiring just before midnight Saturday and no settlement on the horizon.

A few hundred players will meet in New York on Wednesday and Thursday, while the NHL's Board of Governors will convene there Thursday, but both gatherings appear to be more about rallying the base than finding common ground.

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