 Losing three or four markets in the United States would make for a better product overall and hurt both the players and owners. So what's the downside? (RHONA WISE/Reuters files) |
WINNIPEG - I don’t know what millionaires and billionaires get their families for Christmas, but it’s time they set their toys aside.
NHL types got to spend extended holiday time at home, for a change, no doubt a silver lining to the amount of gold they’ve lost. So now there’s no reason for them not to hammer out a new CBA.
After all, the alternative isn’t pretty, right?
Or is it?
If the NHL and the NHLPA are, indeed, heading towards the edge of a cliff, what’s over it?
Will the league even be in business for the start of next season?
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There’s no guarantee of that if the union decertifies and the two sides end up in a long court battle.
What will the league look like whenever it does throw the doors open again?
I put the question out on Twitter, and a common theme emerged.
