June 29 – Bargaining begins. July 13 – Management's initial proposal would reduce players' share of hockey-related revenue from 57 percent to 46 percent, a figure the union later says is actually 43 percent.The email sent from the NHL Players' Association early Sunday morning that informed the Blackhawks and the rest of the NHL's players that a tentative agreement to end the 113-day lockout had been reached set off a whirlwind of activity — and emotions.Call the overseas players and tell them to come on home to New Jersey and Pennsylvania and other states where the NHL only existed in the form of messy labor updates. The NHL and the players' association agreed on a tentative pact to end the lockoutNot all pro sports work stoppages are created equal, but the lockouts that fell upon the NHL and NBA in the last two years were bizarrely identical in nature.The league finally settled the lockout, giving fans a chance to embrace hockey again.
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