Preaching to the choir

TSN's Bob McKenzie takes both the owners and the union to task for waiting so late in the game to move on the key issue. What is really pathetic about this whole negotiation process is that it took to the final 48 hours and the setting of a 1pm deadline on Wednesday for there actually to be some negotiation and some compromise for these two guys to get into the same universe. That is really sad because that is an exercise that should have happened months ago. If it had happened months ago, we might be in a situation where the NHL and the NHLPA could negotiate the numbers. As it stands now, they are so far off in terms of what is required to get this done and how they are going to do it, that there simply isn't the time to make it happen. There is a deal to be made, but they didn't leave themselves with enough time to do it. It's obvious the season is history, yet the hockey fan in me says there's still a chance, that there's always been a chance. Either way, I'm just glad that we'll finally have an answer in about 24 hours.