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The NHL is cancelling all pre- season games through Sept 30th.
The last time the
NHL saw a lockout was the 2004-2005 season and now seven years later the CBA
and the NHLPA have done it again. The
talk of the lockout for the ’12-13 seasons has been in the works since the
previous season but the players and fans were hopeful that they could come to
an agreement before the season started. On September 16, 2012 at 12am the news
broke that the lockout was official.
The owners of the
National Hockey League declared the lockout of the beginning of the ’12-13
season, which was scheduled to start on October 11, 2012, which then proceeded
to cancel the scheduled preseason games through September 30.
The players are
unable to play in the states due to the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA),
which is one of the reasons why the pre-season is not able to undergo. The New York Islanders had two home preseason
games schedule for the month of September, against the Edmonton Oilers in
Regina SK, and the Ottawa Senators in Barrie, ON. The Islanders are scheduled
to play the first hockey game in the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn on October
2, 2012 but with the lockout the chance of this happening is unforeseen at this
point in time.
The New York Rangersat this time are continuing to skate at the MSG Training Center in Greenburgh,
while some of the players are thinking their offers from the European teams.
The Rangers acquired Rick Nash during the free agency period and now due to the
lockout Nash intend to play for Davos during the lockout. As of now some of the
Rangers players are not entertaining the idea of playing overseas but if the
lockout is going to last for a long time they may have to go where they need to
play for time being.
There is no definite
answer to when the CBA and NHLPA will agree to the new terms and allow the
league to start the season, but the fans, players and coaches can be hopeful
that there will be a 2012-2012 season.
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