CBA roundup We're 51 days in, and the games-mi sed tracker remains at 326 plus the Winter Cla sic (that game doesn't get added to the total Alex English Jersey because it could still be played -- it would just be played at Joe Louis Arena as a regular game instead of an outdoor celebration.) Games have been canceled, and your favorite players are overseas, but you can still see how your team would be doing. PredictionMachine.com utilizes its play-by-play technology to simulate each game from the original schedule and predict the outcomes. Just because the NHL isn't playing on the ice doesn't mean we can't play the games. So, here are the "results" from the games that were scheduled for Monday night.Monday night's scheduleWinnerWinner recordLoserLoser recordHurricanes 15-7-3Panthers 0 (overtime)6-5-1Penguins 19-3-1Blackhawks 06-4-0Sharks 15-6-2Avalanche 0 (overtime)1-8-3 It seems that every time we appear to get some traction one way, it costs us traction in another way. The last offer that the owners put forth was easily their best to date, and it seemed like it would make good traction acro s the board. Well, maybe not. If this is the offer they're going to work off when negotiations resume, then the NHL has more to fix than the "make-whole" provision to the players. From David Shoalts. ( ) What about the talks over the weekend? They seemed to lead somewhere good, right? I mean, who spends a whole Saturday chatting with the "enemy" and doesn't find at least some common ground? Adrian Dater says maybe a little, but there's still a lot to be done. ( ) Still, there certainly is more optimism today than there was a few days ago after the marathon meeting between Bill Daly and Steve Fehr. Now maybe they can actually return to making some headway in these negotiations because Bruce Garrioch reports that nobody is interested in losing another full season.Perhaps that's obvious, but it's great to see nobody is so insistent on getting what they want that they're willing to sacrifice a whole season again. ( ) Just because players have headed overseas to play with different teams doesn't mean they don't have to still take part in the marketing efforts. Take and with EHC Biel in Switzerland, for example. Fight on, guys.Looking good, Patrick. (via Pro Hockey Talk) Hockey fixWe recently replayed the end of the Western Conference final, an OT goal from to lift the Kings to the Cup Final. Now, let's go east and show another OT winner to clinch the conference. 's goal just a minute into overtime in Game 6 that put the Devils in the Cup Final instead of the Rangers.KHL update Zdeno Chara hasn't had a ton of succe s so far in the KHL, and not even the return of to the Lev Praha lineup could help the team to a win. Chara did lay a monster open-ice hit, however. Noah Vonleh Jersey