So much for mediation.The NHL and NHLPA met with a mediator for the second consecutive Luke Kornet Jersey day and, as you could probably expect, broke up with little or no progre s being made.What's worse to the hockey fan's ears? There don't appear to be any more meetings scheduled with the federal mediators at this point, according to ESPN's Pierre LeBrun.Source also says no more meetings with mediators planned Pierre LeBrun (@Real_ESPNLeBrun) So after two days of meetings, not even federal mediators -- whose job is to bring people together -- could bring the league and the union together on any of the i sues that divide them. Worse, they are already done with the mediators.Granted, the mediatiors could enter the picture again at some point down the line, but right now it seems like the proce s might have Scottie Pippen Jersey been exactly what most of us feared: a simple dog-and-pony show that led nowhere. Although not even the cynics expected it to be that brief of a shot with mediation.As it stands, though, we're right back where we were a few days ago, with talk returning to the NHLPA considering the decertification proce s or to try and force the owners to make a move. The next big date to mark on your calendar is Dec. 5, which is the next Board of Governors meetings. The NHL could go any number of routes at that point, and the NHLPA could make it all the more interesting by moving to disband the union.It's expected that the NHL and NHLPA will both i sue statements at some point talking about the proce s and where things stand. You Wendell Carter Jr. Jersey can probably bet we'll hear something along the lines of "still far apart" and all the other phrases we've been hearing for months now.UPDATE: Right on cue, here was what NHL Deputy Commi sioner Bill Daly had to say following the meeting. "Today, we concluded two days of mediation with FMCS mediators and representatives of the NHL Players' A sociation. After spending several hours with both sides over two days, the presiding mediators concluded that the parties remained far apart, and that no Kris Dunn Jersey progre s toward a resolution could be made through further mediation at this point in time. We are disappointed that the mediation proce s was not succe sful."A little later the NHLPA followed with its own statement about the mediation meetings. From Donald Fehr:"Today, players and NHLPA staff, along with representatives of the league, concluded a second day of mediation under the auspices of the FMCS. This afternoon, the mediators informed the parties that they did not think it was productive to continue the discu sions further today. The mediators indicated that they would stay in contact with the league and the NHLPA, and Thaddeus Young Jersey would call the parties back together when they thought the time was right."The news just gets better every day.