The silver lining to the lockout is that I've discovered more important things to spend my time and money on. For that, I thank you; however, I'm still pressing pause as a customer at least for the remainder of this year.

As I'm sure you all know by now, a tentative deal has been reached between the players and the owners of the NHL. For most of the world, this means absolutely nothing. I find the NHL more and more irrelevant every time it returns from another one of these temper-tantrums. As a recovered NHL addict, I can't help but wonder why we want to put so much energy and passion, offer so much devotion and piety, to a league that has done this to its fans four times in the past 20 years. Why do both the league brass and the players' union continue to overestimate Canada's passion for the NHL?

Even after a tentative end to the NHL lockout, there are still plenty of questions swirling around hockey issues like amnesty buyouts, players partici...

I know the NHL is really happy with itself right now, and I can't stand for that. The Lockout may be ending -- pending approval and some seriously important paperwork -- but the NHL still has to answer for the past few months, and the years before that. The league betrayed its product and millions of its own fans.

TORONTO - The NHL is making a serious bid to save the season.With another year in jeopardy because of a labour dispute, the league softened its demand...

TORONTO - NHL players will begin voting Sunday on whether they'll grant their executive board the authority to dissolve the NHL Players' Association.T...

NEW YORK, N.Y. - The latest round of NHL labour talks is stretching well into the night.A group of 18 players and six league owners spent more than fi...

On Tuesday in New York, the National Hockey League Players Association (NHLPA) is meeting with players to "facilitate dialogue." The entire union is irrelevant, if this works. The players and owners are finally bringing it on home, and the PC'ness that we've been thrown and tossed is out the window.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - If the NHL and the players' association are going to make a deal to save the hockey season, they are likely going to have to do it by...

NEW YORK, - The NHL and NHL Players' Association finally seem to be speaking the same language, but they still have a gap to bridge in negotiations on...

NEW YORK, N.Y. - So much for a two-week break. Just over a week since the last set of failed negotiations, the NHL and the locked-out players' associa...

NEW YORK, N.Y. - NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly and players' association special counsel Steve Fehr spoke to each other on Saturday, but the sides ...

TORONTO - There was no simply no way for Sidney Crosby to hide his disappointment.Just one week after telling The Canadian Press he was confident a de...