The negotiations for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement in the National Hockey League have become downright comical.
I could comb over bit by bit every little item that seems to be a hang-up between the owners and players that has them at an impasse, but that information is readily available to anyone with internet accessibility. I will write just from the perspective of one more disillusioned hockey fan, shaking their collective heads over a process that seems juvenile at this point.

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