Ladies and gentlemen, after four months of inactivity, hockey is finally back.
After the NHL and NHLPA reached a memorandum of understanding on the return-to-play plan, as well as an extension of the collective bargaining agreement, the NHL Board of Governors and full NHLPA membership still needed to ratify the deal. Friday night, they made it official. Not only will the 2019-20 season end with the Stanley Cup being awarded, but the CBA now runs through September of 2026. Labor peace at last.
According to TSN’s Frank Seravalli, NHLPA membership voted in favor of ratifying the CBA and return-to-play package by nearly 79 percent.