NHL Season to be decided by Jan 14th
OK, I know I haven't had many posts lately, but things at Telligent are a boomin!
For the NHL fans that are going nuts like me, ESPN just put up an article that states that if there is no resolution by Jan 14th, Gary Bettman will ask the NHL board of governors to cancel the entire 2004-2005 season.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=1951882
This was inevitable, and part of the negotation process, I'm sure. But, if it works to get talks back up and running, that's a good thing IMO.
This was an interesting item from the article:
"No North American sports league has lost an entire season to a labor dispute, and the Stanley Cup has been awarded every year since 1919 when a flu epidemic wiped out the final series between Montreal and Seattle."Personally, I think that the owners and players won't budge from their stances, and all play will be lost for the season. Makes you wonder if the NHL will ever come back in it's current state.