Hockey is back, after the National Hockey League and its players’ association agreed today on a new collective bargaining agreement. Reminds me of that day in April 1995 when word reached me, in Israel, that the baseball strike had finally ended.
As the deal includes a salary cap much lower than the one nearly agreed to in February, call it an unmitigated victory for the owners and commissioner Gary Bettman- that is, if they haven’t immolated the sport in the process.
Eric at Off Wing has reactions. And after predicting the imminent end of the lockout about 562 times in the past ten months, I’m pleased to see that Eklund is finally right.
Posted by Stephen Silver at July 13, 2005 06:00 PM