Hockey is back.
After months of posturing, counter-posturing and a whole lot of "my dad could beat up your dad" nonsense, the NHL and NHLPA finally came to an agreement on Sunday. The agreement of a new collective bargaining agreement is verbal, tentative and requires clarification on certain legal and language points, but could be ratified and approved by the NHLPA membership and NHL board of governors by the middle of the week.
IF the deal is ratified this week, it is likely that a 48 game schedule, similar to the 1994-95 lockout - which was 9 days shorter than the current lockout - will be adopted, although plans have also been drawn up for 44, 40 and 36 game seasons. It is also likely that the Stanley Cup playoffs will extend into late June to allow for the compressed schedule.
It's been a long winter without the NHL, let's hope the deal can be signed off.
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