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The lockout nearing its end?

The possibility of a season not dead, at least not yet. According to multiple sources including TSN’s Pierre LeBrun, RDS‘ Renaud Lavoie and the first one to break the news, Eklund of Hockey Buzz, the NHL has sent the NHLPA a new proposal.

The biggest may be the fact, that the NHL is willing to allow contracts to be a maximum of 6 years, when re-signing a player 7, instead of the previous 5 year limit, which was a point the owners wouldn’t walk away from.

Other main points of the new proposal include:

• ·         The contracts can have variances of 10% instead of a previously offered 5%.
• ·         The salary cap for the upcoming season would be $60 million.
• ·         Each team would have the option to buy out a contract prior to the upcoming season, which wouldn’t count against the cap.
• ·         According to Michael Russo of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the proposed CBA is still a 10-year deal and is an „extremly detailed“ proposal

What’s interesting is the fact, that Bill Daly wouldn’t confirm the reported proposal and the source of the news is an NHL player. The NHLPA has also yet to make an official statement about the proposal.

No meetings are scheduled, yet there are a lot of rumours that both sides will meet in the near future.

Source: prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com

Update: Bill Daly confirmed the new offer. Follow our coverage on Twitter @Eurolanche.