Maybe a glimmer of hope!

I don't want to get anyone hopes up, but it was reported by TSN's Darren Dreger that both Steve Fehr and the NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly "talked extensively" on the phone Tuesday. Another reported that they had "light negotiations."

NHL is still set to announce the cancellation of the Winter Classic today or tomorrow, but this could be held off by a possible step forward in the CBA talks.

I wouldn't get your hopes up, but at this point I will take any possible good news.