Lockout is over

[wr50l]

LINK: various places, fuck off.

I genuinely celebrated vocally and did a fist pump when I saw this news; then I went to another site to get a little more assurance, and to celebrate a little more ... Then another fist pump.

NHL, you have been missed.

[Fappin Raptor]

Thank the hockey Gods! I'll be wearing my Lidstrom jersey in honor off this glorious day.

[Dan The Man]

Thank you baby Jesus.

[Guest]

[Woy]

[Villain]

Still have to work out the scheduling.

[Obst]

I think I'll be excited once the puck actually drops. So much shit has fallen through in these last couple of months that I still don't get my hopes up anymore. Still encouraging news though.

[mcstl25]

Sweet, just in time as football is just about over, which is the only time I kind of follow hockey since there isn't much else on. I wonder what impact this will have on the fan base? I'm guessing that they probably saved the season just in time and it won't be too bad, whereas if the season was washed out many fans would have been lost for a long time.

[killgod]

I usually don't follow the NHL hard until the NFL ends so.... LEGGO.


Some key notes from the news:

-10 year CBA with option to end it starting at the 8th year (8 years without this shit! wahoo)
-Cap this season is 60M (but teams can exceed to 70.2M)
-Next season it's 64.3M. Overall a few million reduction from where things stood. Player salaries shouldn't drop by too much.
-48 or 50 game season starting on the 15th or 19th. I'm hearing the 19th is likeliest as all 30 teams will be playing on a opening day saturday (which would be so fucking awesome). Training camps open this week Wed/Thu.
-Players are likely to play at Sochi 2014
-World Cup of Hockey is going to return
-Draft Lottery is changed, all 14 non playoff teams are eligible to win the 1st overall pick instead of the top 5.
-Player contract length is 7 years max (8 years if you already own the player)
-For long deals the money has to be a minimum of 50% of the largest year to prevent any cheating. So if you pay a guy 10M in one season, he has to make at least 5M in every season on the rest of the deal.

[Bigpapa42]

Too late. At least for me. I reached the point of giving no fucks and the hearing the news as soon as I got up this morning generated zero excitement. Not to say I won't follow at all, but I can't imagine being passionate about it this season.

[Ravin]

Too late. At least for me. I reached the point of giving no fucks and the hearing the news as soon as I got up this morning generated zero excitement. Not to say I won't follow at all, but I can't imagine being passionate about it this season.

I fall with you. I woke up, saw a facebook post by someone that it was over, read TSN, came here, and was like "ok...." and then went back to watching a movie. Maybe because there is still no hockey to be watched at this moment, but I'm not fist pumping like some are. When it gets back on again I'm sure I'll watch more, and I'll be happy to have it back on Saturday nights again and through the week.

[leaffan]

I'm fairly pumped but still pissed at these dumb fucks taking forever to get this shit done.

Let the Luongo to the leafs rumours begin!

[EmpireWF]

Glad we'll be getting playoff hockey.

[1ke]

I'm fairly pumped but still pissed at these dumb fucks taking forever to get this shit done.

Let the Luongo to the Hawks rumours begin!

Fixed.....

Fuckin stoked!

[leaffan]

If the canucks traded luo to the hawks I'd