Lockout Over: NHL Reaches Labor Deal
Hockey is back, and it took nearly four months and one long night to get the game back on the ice.
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Hockey is back, and it took nearly four months and one long night to get the game back on the ice.
After a long night of talks, the NHL and the union returned to the bargaining table, but not for long.
According to TSN's Darren Dreger, the NHL has presented a new CBA offer to the NHLPA in hopes of ending the NHL Lockout.
Most everywhere Lou Billittier turns these days, the Buffalo restaurateur is reminded of the NHL lockout, and its impact on his blue-collar, sports-mad town where Dominik Hasek became a star and the French Connection is still revered.
Maybe the Mayans weren't referring to the world when they predicted destruction in the year 2012 - maybe they were simply foreseeing the demise of the Chicago sports landscape.
Marian Hossa has reportedly been medically cleared following recovery from the concussion he suffered in April.
If there is going to be any NHL hockey played this season, it won't happen before New Year's Eve.
The tenor turned a bit after a second straight marathon day of NHL labor talks. Gone was some of the lightheartedness and rare optimism expressed about 24 hours earlier.
The prospect of a winter without pucks draws closer to reality as each day concludes without movement in the NHL's labor dispute.
The NHL, the players' association and now even federal mediators agree on one thing: the bickering sides are nowhere near a deal that would put hockey back on the ice.
