Here we are on Sept. 15. No one is even feigning optimism of avoiding a lockout at this point. The only words in the endless rhetoric from both sides that have resonated with me in this whole situation are these from NHLPA head Donald Fehr: “A lockout is a choice.”

This does not need to happen but for people’s wanton greed. The sport has grown into a billion dollar industry with lucrative natio

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