GAME ON! As Wayne and Garth would say, the NHL (National Hockey League) season is back. Now that NHL players and owners have signed a new collective bargaining agreement, hatched after 103 days of lockout incubation (strike), many questions have come up: Will this 48 game season grow into a great one?, and is it true that the Stanley Cup finals will go on until the end of July?
With this years season shortened to only 48 games, it should banish the midseason doldrums. With only 48 games, every game should show the same high intensity night after night as if each game was a playoff.
As the NHL season starts, expect tight races, more goals (Because offence happens, while defense is coached), and a rash of injuries due to players in less then good condition. Never the less, expect a season to remember.