For all of the inactivity July 1 had in this oddest of NHL years, it didn’t take many more days for us to be on the cusp of a good old fashioned free agent frenzy.
As has been anticipated for at least a week and reported by several of the usual go-to hockey outlets, the NHL and NHLPA are indeed on the cusp of a deal for completing a 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs and a six-year CBA extension. It’s pending league and PA votes, but news yesterday — including releases from both the league and PA announcing an MOU, with documentation — is that we’re basically there.