NHL season unlikey, says Hockey Night in Canada host Don Cherry
Don Cherry has called it: there is little hope of an NHL season this year.
FILE – In this Sept. 13, 2012, file photo, NHL hockey commissioner Gary Bettman listens as he meets with reporters after a meeting with team owners, in New York. The NHL locked out its players at midnight Saturday, becoming the third major sports league to impose a work stoppage in the last 18 months. The action also marks the fourth shutdown for the NHL since 1992, including a year-long dispute that forced the cancellation of the entire 2004-05 season when the league held out for a salary cap. The deal which ended that dispute expired at midnight, and Commissioner Gary Bettman followed through on his longstanding pledge to lock out the players with no new agreement in place. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
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Don Cherry has called it: there is little hope of an NHL season this year.
“If I’m betting, I’d say no,” said Cherry during an interview with CBC Toronto radio host Matt Galloway about Hockey Night in Canada‘s 60th anniversary.
“If this goes after January 1, we might have it gone for the whole season,” Cherry said.
But, fans shouldn’t blame NHL commissioner Gary Bettman for the lockout, Cherry said. Instead, he placed the blame squarely on the backs of the owners.
“They had a vote at the start and 30 owners said ‘yes, lockout,’ it wasn’t Bettman,” Cherry said.
The full interview is here: