The National Hockey League did the unthinkable yesterday, becoming the first major American sports league to cancel its season. The news, delivered by NHL Commissioner, Gary Bettman, came after a 153-day lockout. Phrases like "cost certainty," "revenue sharing" and "salary cap" have been tossed around over the last four months of negotiations like a 140-pound right winger. Whose fault is it? The players? The owners? Who knows, and moreover who cares? The bottom line is that fans won't be privy to a Stanley Cup presentation for the first time since 1919, when a flu epidemic cancelled the finals.
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