Move over, 1995 Devils. Sit down, 2012 Kings. Sorry, 2019 Blue Jackets. There’s a new biggest upset in NHL history.
The league and the NHLPA managed to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement without requiring a work stoppage.
Of course, it required a worldwide pandemic to force the hand of the two parties, but hey, let’s celebrate what we can, because there sure isn’t much else to feel good about these days.
With the players needing to be involved at every step of the NHL’s return to play protocol, it just made sense that with the CBA coming up for renewal, and the economics of sports turned upside down for the foreseeable future, the two could be intertwined.