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• QUIET WEEKEND IN PANTHERLAND: Start of Training Camp on Hold ... Panthers Head to Europe, AHL

  BY GEORGE RICHARDS
  grichards@MiamiHerald.com

  TWITTER: @GeorgeRichards

  Friday should have been a busy day at the Panthers training facility in Coral Springs.

  Yet instead of having close to 50 hockey players running around the main part of the building as training camp got under way, only an injured Kris Versteeg was spotted roaming the [...]

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• PRESEASON GAMES CANCELLED: Florida Panthers Lose Out on Texas Trip

  BY GEORGE RICHARDS
  grichards@MiamiHerald.com
  
  TWITTER: @GeorgeRichards

  The National Hockey League officially cancelled all preseason games through Sept. 30 because of its most recent labor dispute.

  The NHL locked out its players for the third time since 1994 last Sunday morning when the shared collective bargaining agreement expired after seven [...]

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• BLACK TUESDAY IN SUNRISE: Florida Panthers Layoff Employees -- Including Mascot Stanley C. Panther

  BY GEORGE RICHARDS
  grichards@MiamiHerald.com

  TWITTER: GeorgeRichards

  Got an ominous text message from a former employee of the Florida Panthers on Tuesday morning.

  "It's Black Tuesday,'' the text read.

  The Panthers began laying people off on Tuesday, blaming the personnel moves on a lockout that is only a few days old. No one whom I" [...]

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• ALL WET: Florida Panthers Practice Under Lockout Conditions (minus conditioner)

  BY GEORGE RICHARDS
  grichards@MiamiHerald.com

  TWITTER: @GeorgeRichards

  Dmitry Kulikov found out Monday that his practices during a lockout are more summer camp than training camp.

  If you don't bring something yourself, you may just go without.

  "We have to bring your own drinks, shampoo, everything,'' Stephen Weiss said laughing.

  Kulikov was one of more than a'" [...]

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• NHL REACHES OUT TO FANS: An 'Open' Letter

  From the NHL:

  Despite the expiration of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the National Hockey League has been, and remains, committed to negotiating around the clock to reach a new CBA that is fair to the Players and to the 30 NHL teams.

  Thanks to the conditions fostered by seven seasons under [...]

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• LOCKED OUT: Florida Panthers, Champion Kings with Most to Lose?

  BY GEORGE RICHARDS
  grichards@MiamiHerald.com

  TWITTER: @GeorgeRichards

  The general consensus is there are two teams who will be most negatively affected by a prolonged NHL lockout: The Los Angeles Kings and Florida Panthers.

  The Kings' successful run to their first Stanley Cup championship in their 45-year history captivated Southern California and a lengthy wait' [...]

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• SUNDAY NO FUNDAY: NHL Locks Out Players for Third Time since 1994

  BY GEORGE RICHARDS
  grichards@MiamiHerald.com

  TWITTER: @GeorgeRichards

  There was no last second deal as the National Hockey League locked out its players for the third time since 1994 at midnight on Sunday.

  The NHL and its players' association have had little to talk about the past few days as the proposals both' [...]

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• NOT READY ANYWAY: Versteeg, Gudbranson Would Have Missed Start of Training Camp with Injuries ... Kulikov Wants New Deal

  BY GEORGE RICHARDS
  grichards@MiamiHerald.com

  TWITTER: @GeorgeRichards

  NEW YORK -- Even if the Florida Panthers opened training camp as scheduled next week, they may have been missing a handful of regulars as Erik Gudbranson and Kris Versteeg is hurt and Dmitry Kulikov is still unsigned.

  Kulikov's situation seems to be the easiest one to [...]

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• LOCKOUT COMING: NHL, Players Stand United In Split ... Deadline is Midnight on Saturday

  BY GEORGE RICHARDS
  grichards@MiamiHerald.com

  TWITTER: @GeorgeRichards

  NEW YORK -- Not long after nearly 300 players stood behind hockey union boss Donald Fehr in a show of solidarity did NHL commissioner Gary Bettman disclose all 30 of his owners are firmly behind the path he is taking.

  Definitely not good news to those few [...]

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• Where Will Luongo Land? Former #FlaPanthers Goalie Heads Back to Vancouver

  BY GEORGE RICHARDS
  grichards@MiamiHerald.com

  TWITTER: @GeorgeRichards

  With his large Vancouver Canucks hockey bag slung over one shoulder, goalie Roberto Luongo walked out of the Panthers facility Monday morning.

  "See you next week,'' Luongo told a member of the Coral Springs Iceplex's staff before heading out the door.

  Luongo flew to Vancouver on Tuesday" [...]

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