The two sides met last week on Thursday and Friday in Toronto, their first negotiations since April 19.
Goodenow did not respond to telephone calls or e-mail messages, but his top aide, Saskin, spoke for the union.
"I challenge Bill to release their proposal to the public if they believe it is not being fairly analyzed," Saskin said. "We are totally confident that anyone who reviews the league's May 5 floating payroll tax proposal would be equally puzzled by its intentions and would also see just how unworkable it was."
In comments to Rogers Sportsnet, Daly said the league was at a critical period to plan for next season. Teams sell sponsorships and season tickets in the spring and early summer.
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In an unusually pointed exchange, even by the standards of their bitter lockout, the NHL and its players union traded harsh words Sunday over a dispute that has scuttled one season and threatens another.
In the first salvo, Bill Daly, the league executive vice president, told Rogers Sportsnet, the website of a Canadian news media company, that the leadership of the NHL Players' Association misled the players over the weekend when it reported to them the possible effect of last week's league proposal.
Daly, the second in command to Commissioner Gary Bettman, called the union's analysis "grossly slanted" and "sheer fiction." Daly accused the union executive director, Bob Goodenow, of not wanting a settlement.
Ted Saskin, the senior director of the union, said: "I am not surprised that Bill would be embarrassed by what Gary and the league proposed to us on Thursday. I am surprised that Bill would be upset at us having informed the players."
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