So I think we can all assume that this is no longer worth a full article, but a writeup must be done. We're used to the NHL canceling games by now, but this time it comes with an assumed drop date for the league.
What does that mean? Well it means that if no CBA is reached by January 15th, the NHL is going nuclear and taking out the season.
All the legal stuff that's been going on the past couple weeks seems to make that deadline a hell of a challenge to meet, so the doomsday sayers can begin their chanting now.
Well, the doomsday sayers in regards to the NHL. People who think the world is going to end tomorrow (today in Australia and New Zealand) are still really, really stupid.
625 games have been canceled thus far, over 50% of the NHL schedule.