NHL and NHLPA reach an agreement - lockout FINALLY over

[DaFace]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...cba-framework/

NHL lockout: Owners, players reach tentative agreement on CBA framework

After more than 16 consecutive hours of bargaining on the 113th day of the lockout, the NHL and NHLPA reached a tentative agreement on the framework of a new collective bargaining agreement around 5 a.m. Sunday.

“We have reached an agreement on the framework of a new collective bargaining agreement, the details of which need to be put to paper,” NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said during a news conference, standing next to NHLPA Executive Director Donald Fehr.

“We’ve got to dot a lot of I’s and cross a lot of T’s,” Bettman said. “There’s still a lot of work to be done, but the basic framework of the deal has been agreed upon.”

The deal still requires ratification from the players and the NHL’s Board of Governors before it becomes official, but the league is expected to play a 50- or 48-game season that starts no later than Jan. 19.

[Predarat]

Sounds like the Blues are coming to Nashville on Monday the 21st. can't wait for the entire schedule to be released, probaby Saturday sometime.

[Predarat]

They need to release the schedule already!

[Pushead2]

Originally Posted by Predarat

They need to release the schedule already!

This!

[kcfanXIII]

Hockey is great, but I don't watch the NHL. Kind of pissed the way the penguins used KC. I know my memory is exaggerating here, but it feels like they have a lock out, or strike every year. If there was a local team to get behind, I'm sure I could get in to it though.