Saturday night I was reading a few blogs that kept saying a deal was done or about done but none were confirming it. I couldn't stay up any longer and had to go to bed but when I got up Sunday morning this was the top news story. Then at church a lot of people were excited and talking about the lockout being over.
A member of the TV production crew goes to my church and he said that what he was hearing, but not for sure, was that teams would use the same schedule dates but some teams would be different since there is no eastern conference games. And that the regular season would go to almost the end of April. (Which means that the Cup might not be awarded until near the end of June, meaning we would have a huge conflict with the arena and fan fare!
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I think I would rather have the first game be the 19th instead of the 15th anyway, opening night on a Saturday night on Broadway in Smashville! But since it might be against chicago, I hope their fans haven't bought tickets and never made plans to come down here.
Anyway, I'm still mad at you, but welcome back Preds. Make the lockout worth it.