Now, hockey season is just around the corner, so I thought I would shed some light on the reason why the new season is taking so long to catch some momentum. On September 15 of this year NHL declared that there would be a lockout, that delayed the new season by one month. This lockout has caused uproar between owners and patrons alike. Why this lockout, NHL has this peice of paper called the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) that just expired last September. Now your asking yourself, what is a CBA, as you type it into Google, the CBA my children, is a labor agreement between the NHL owners and the NHLPA, which sets a minimum wage so to speak for each hockey player. So now you know that the NHL isn't just sipping down maple syrup and driving their Zambonies around town. But don't worry the next game is October 12 were the Devils are playing the Capitals. Why do you think the NHL had a CBA in the first place?
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Whyno, Stephen. "NHL lockout 2012: Preseason canceled - Washington Times." Washington Times - Politics, Breaking News, US and World News. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Oct. 2012. <http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/capitals-watch/2012/sep/27/nhl-lockout-2012-preseason-canceled/>.
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