And now for the words everyone has been waiting to hear: The deal is done!

The NHL and NHL Players’ Association have finally reached an agreement (pending ratification) on a new six-year collective bargaining agreement that – if approved by the NHL board of governors and the rank and file membership of the NHLPA – will officially end the stalemate on July 21. …

The deal is done, there will be NHL hockey this year.
I am trying to be excited for this, but I really do not care.
Sure, I will watch. I will also cheer and drink and bitch and laugh at Don Cherry, like I usually do. But it just won’t feel the same.
I really did not care if the league never came back if other leagues were consistently shown on TV.
But they were not and the NHL is back, at least for six more years.
600 pages, jeesh.