After weeks of thinking the worse and having horrific flashbacks to previous lockouts, that danger was averted for now after the NHLPA revealed on Monday that they will not opt-out of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement with the NHL, meaning that the Vegas Golden Knights can stop worrying about a potential lost season.
The current CBA will now remain in effect throughout 2021-22 and that is outstanding news for the NHL and hockey fans all over the world. The last thing any of us wanted was another lockout or a disrupted season.
We will now have labor peace for at least the next three years and that is incredible good news because, and although the Golden Knights were not around to experience it, all hockey fans remember that lost year in 2004-05 and other lockouts that saw huge chunks of the season fall by the wayside.