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Steve Zipay takes you inside the locker room, home and on the road, with the New York Rangers, and also writes about the NHL, off and on the ice.

Mediation: Worth a try, but maybe too late?

Federal mediator George Cohen speaks at a news

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If it’s a way to get the two sides back to the table, federal mediators in the room can’t hurt.

And if it doesn’t pan out---the process is non-binding---the Fehrs and The Commish and the Deputy Commish can go back to their constituents and say: “We took a shot.”  Listen, George H.Cohen, the director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service asked to join, not the other way around....

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