With the whirlwind of news since the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Final, it’s easy to overlook a monumental occurrence that was announced Friday before the world’s worst Zoom meeting aka the 2025 NHL Draft first round. The league announced along with the NHLPA that they had agreed to an extension of the Collective Bargaining Agreement until the end of the 2030 NHL season.
This agreement completes a 180 degree turn for a league that had been marked with lockouts following the end of each previous deal. Fans will remember the half seasons in 1995 and 2013, and the complete loss of the 2004-05 season all because of how the league and the players just could not bridge the gap in time.