While MLB and the MLB Players Association spent the last few months bickering, the NHL and its Players Association used to the last few weeks to hammer out a new CBA.
On Monday, the two sides announced that they had agreed to a memorandum of understanding for a new four-year extension of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
If ratified this week, the CBA would run through the 2025-26 NHL season, and expire Sept. 15, 2026.
The NHL and NHLPA also were able to iron out details for the season restart, but because the Sharks aren't heading to one of the two hub cities, that part doesn't really affect them.