# Halle-frickin-lujah - NHL and NHLPA reach an agreement **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 6, 2013, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halle-frickin-lujah-nhl-and-nhlpa-reach-an-agreement/646253 "2013-01-06T12:47:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halle-frickin-lujah-nhl-and-nhlpa-reach-an-agreement/646253/1 "2013-01-06T12:47:04Z")
Looks like the season will start January 15 or 19. Lets go Pens! ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halle-frickin-lujah-nhl-and-nhlpa-reach-an-agreement/646253/2 "2013-01-06T13:07:46Z")
Link to story: > **[NHL, players agree to framework for new CBA](https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/8817955/nhl-nhlpa-reach-tentative-agreement-source-says)** > > A tentative agreement has been reached between the NHL and NHL Players' Association. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halle-frickin-lujah-nhl-and-nhlpa-reach-an-agreement/646253/3 "2013-01-06T13:31:03Z")
They better sign. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halle-frickin-lujah-nhl-and-nhlpa-reach-an-agreement/646253/4 "2013-01-06T15:01:42Z")
Hooray. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halle-frickin-lujah-nhl-and-nhlpa-reach-an-agreement/646253/5 "2013-01-06T15:09:28Z")
It’s already January. Just start the playoffs already, seriously. I don’t care about a regular season now, because it isn’t a regular season. Give the Kings and Devils byes for being in the Finals last year and have a first round best-of-9 series. We can have the Cup awarded in March, which is when it should happen anyway. There’s noreason this agreement could not have been reached eight months ago. It’s a disgrace and they should all be ashamed of themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halle-frickin-lujah-nhl-and-nhlpa-reach-an-agreement/646253/6 "2013-01-06T15:50:09Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > There’s no reason this agreement could not have been reached eight months ago. It’s a disgrace and they should all be ashamed of themselves. But the other side is full of big meanies. I hope the deal is long term, like 7-10 years so we won’t have to go through this again too soon. The question I have is how long do Fehr and Bettman keep their jobs after this. Fehr is gone pretty soon I would guess but Bettman, I have no idea. I read something that said the NHL has lost about 10% of its regular season games since he has been the comish. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halle-frickin-lujah-nhl-and-nhlpa-reach-an-agreement/646253/7 "2013-01-06T16:39:16Z")
It’s a 10 year deal with an opt out at 8. Hopefully Bettman is gone by the time this one expires. He’s an alum of my university, but that doesn’t change the fact that he sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halle-frickin-lujah-nhl-and-nhlpa-reach-an-agreement/646253/8 "2013-01-06T17:16:03Z")
Misunderstood the thread title. I thought Halle Berry had dumped another boyfriend and was dating some new guy named Lujah. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halle-frickin-lujah-nhl-and-nhlpa-reach-an-agreement/646253/9 "2013-01-06T17:26:47Z")
I don’t care how short it is – I just want to watch hockey! I get to see my Pens again!!! WOOHOO!!! _hums “Boys of Winter”_ **Jman** , that’s not something your school brags about, I’m guessing. (Just in time for me to wear my new Marc-Andre Fleury jersey!) ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halle-frickin-lujah-nhl-and-nhlpa-reach-an-agreement/646253/10 "2013-01-06T17:36:57Z")
You’re correct we don’t brag about him. We have lots of other hockey claims to fame like Ken Dryden, Joe Nieuwendyk and many more that we much prefer to brag about.