The players are still signing European contracts, the most recently being Tavares signing with a Swiss team and previous Norris Trophy winner Erik Karlsson signing to the Finnish League.
Basically, everything is falling apart. But, today the League subsequently announced that their labor talks will resume in New York giving everyone false hope.
Now, I don't like to be cynical. I'd love to see this article and believe that these will be the talks to end the lockout, but it's just not true. First of all, these talks aren't even about the main issue. Instead, they are debating on how to split the $3 billion annual revenue, according to ESPN. Secondly, many big names have given up hope and joined the sister European leagues, thus causing many fans to give up hope. I mean, I don't know about the rest of you, but I've already got my KHL streams and my SM Liiga subscription.
While it is true that the regular season has not been touched, and is still scheduled for October 11, the league's subsequent actions are sending a very clear message: there will be no NHL hockey this year.
But, at least official harmony was restored to the NFL.
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