Sportsguy9695 Posted January 6, 2013 Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 A tentative agreement has been reached between the NHL and the players' association. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr stood side by side in the early hours of Sunday morning to announce there was a framework in place for a new collective bargaining agreement. Although the deal still requires language clarification, legal fine-tuning and ratification from both sides, a verbal agreement has been reached on the major points. "We still have a lot of work to do," Bettman said, "but it's good to be at this poin The deal still requires majority approval from both the board of governors -- as early as Tuesday -- and the NHLPA membership before it can become official. The tentative agreement is a 10-year deal with a mutual opt-out clause after eight years and includes contract term limits at seven years (eight years for a team to re-sign its own players), a source confirmed to ESPNNewYork.com. "I am happy deal has been reached and excited to get back to playing hockey," Penguins star Sidney Crosby said in an email. Source: ESPN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Check my Stats Posted January 6, 2013 Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 Ridiculous it took this long, but the NBA missed 18 games too and barely got anything out of it. Just glad to be back to hockey. I was an optimist throughout and I honestly don't know how I would have handled missing the season, I just never looked at it as a possibility, they were just too close throughout. 50 games is perfect, no time for a Leafs meltdown! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsguy9695 Posted January 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 im glade to see that the nhl is back. i like watching it once in a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunkinDerozan Posted January 6, 2013 Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 I absolutely lost it this morning when I heard the news. I am so [expletive]ing excited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomarFachix Posted January 6, 2013 Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 im glade to see that the nhl is back. i like watching it once in a while http://i.imgur.com/iQbgD.png 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Let's go Rangers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomarFachix Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Let's go Rangers! yesssssssss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Wow, is Fish officially joining our little hockey forum group?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunkinDerozan Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Wow, is Fish officially joining our little hockey forum group?? No, it's a sport "no one cares about" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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