The NHL and NHLPA resumed discussions Monday night, following which the league requested a formal proposal from the union.

The bargaining session -- the first formal face-to-face meeting between the two sides in over a week -- lasted less than two hours and covered key topics such as player contracting rights and core economics.

NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said the league wants to see a proposal from the NHLPA on these topics, among others, and feels they haven't seen that yet in the negotiation process.

"It's our position (that) we've made a couple comprehensive proposals in a row. We'd like to know where they are on all the issues and we asked them to think about putting together a comprehensive proposal for us to consider," Daly said.

NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr declined to address the details of the core economics discussion. Fehr said he'd go back to the NHLPA offices, consult with his membership on the evening's meeting, and confer with the league Tuesday morning.

The two sides are not planning to meet again until Wednesday. It is believed the union wants to take time to work on putting together a new proposal. The NHLPA says Wednesday's meeting will start around 10 a.m. ET at the league office.

Fehr said the union addressed player contracting rights -- a contentious point in negotiations as both sides have dug in on the issue -- but to no avail.

"We had hoped to engage them in a discussion about the players contracting issues that are so important to the players," Fehr said. "At least tonight, they were unwilling to do that."

The league, however, views both the core economics -- such as the division of revenue -- and player contracting issues as linked. Daly said the league pushed the union on their stance on the economics and did not receive any clarity.