Over the past couple of days, the NHL and the NHLPA have been hammering out the details on a memorandum of understanding (basically a gentleman’s agreement in legalese) on the return of the season, and today both sides announced they reached an agreement that makes sense for everybody. They hashed out quite a few things, such as the CBA getting a four year extension (No lockouts!), and rules on the transition back into normality...whatever that means.
Most critically, it also gives us something we haven’t had in months: Concrete dates. The current setup as it stands is the following:
- July 13th: Training Camp Starts.