I've been paying little attention to the NHL lockout, and you can tell I've barely blogged about it. But there's something fascinating about these negotiation deadlines- I still remember waking up, every hour on the hour, to watch ESPN the night before baseball's last strike deadline in 2002, only to hear Jayson Stark report "still no deal."
The hockey negotiations are even more fascinating, as after months and months of secret negotiations, commissioner Gary Bettman and union boss Bob Goodenow are now negotiating in the media- Eric has all the letters. Here's hoping a deal can be reached by tomorrow, which looked completely hopeless as recently as yesterday (though they said the same thing in the '99 NBA lockout, at least before the players caved at the last minute). Although this time, I'm not planning on waking up until the morning.
Posted by Stephen Silver at February 16, 2005 01:22 AMwe will see what Gil Stein has to say about the latest developments ...
Posted by: LilB at February 16, 2005 02:42 AM