The NHL lockout has finally come to an end.
The labyrinth of issues that separated the NHL and the NHLPA has been navigated, and it only took 113 hockey-less days to do it. Points of contention such as revenue sharing, distribution of hockey-related revenue and eliminating "back-diving deals" all appeared on the docket.
And all of them fell by the wayside.
A deal was reached, and hockey can now commence as if nothing ever happened.
Let's drop the puck, right? Let's ditch the NHLPA sweaters and suit up in front of thousands of fans.
Not so fast, because we are missing some people.
Marc Savard, 35, won't be in Boston along with his Bruins when they open the season against the New York Rangers on January 19.
He didn't injure himself playing overseas like some professionals did, nor did he separate his shoulder wakeboarding during the labor stoppage.
No, Savard won't be playing after being on the receiving end of repeated head shots.
But that's hockey, right? Keep your head up or lay down.
The shortsighted thing t ...
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