NHL/NHLPA making progress.... maybe

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I’ll let Frank Seravalli take it from here:

Speaking with @sbjsbd, Gary Bettman says Jan. 1 start date is "a work in progress, influenced largely by medical experts."
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) December 2, 2020

Bettman says #NHL is "not seeking to renegotiate" the CBA with #NHLPA. Rather, he says there are "stresses on the system" – and it's "stressed for both of us" – with "players owe us more than anyone imagined."
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) December 2, 2020

Bettman says it's "unfortunate" and "inaccurate" how conversations with #NHLPA have been portrayed in media. "We have been very clear, absolute, unequivocal – this is not an attempt to renegotiate."
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) December 2, 2020

Bettman: "We have a very clear, important focus on getting through the 2021 season so that we can be positioned for 2021-22 to get back to normalcy, because all indications are that we can look at normalcy for the 2021-22 season."
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) December 2, 2020

Difficult to say definitively ‘progress’ has been made, given the outstanding economic issues and skyrocketing COVID-19 numbers. But to me, this is one of most positive signs yet that there will be a 2021 season.

We’ll see where all this goes. Two sides remain in discussion.
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) December 4, 2020

While Gary Bettman can say that they aren’t looking to renegotiate the CBA, it’s also been put out there that he has made the players know that how their earning are managed in the future will depend on the decisions they make in the present.

In other words, get in line or we’ll remember this next time.

The NHLPA, on the other hand, is considering legal action if the NHL cancels the season outright. The simple fact of the matter is that it appears that the NHL didn’t bargain in good faith this time around, and now they’re pressuring the players to give back. They’ll get away with it, the only question is how long do the fans have to go without watching hockey while they do?

We’ll just have to wait to see how things turn out, which is fantastic if you ask me, there’s nothing I love more than watching millionaires and billionaires duke it out over more money than I could ever imagine having in my life. Oh joy!!!