NHL players playing in Finland have received confirmation on the end of the lock-out. HPK's Riku Hahl: I have information that the deal is already done.
Tappara's Ville Nieminen has also received information that the lock-out is over. "It's certain enough that I've made arrangements to to return to NA next Tuesday"
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"The deal is done," former NHL left wing and current Pittsburgh Penguins radio analyst Phil Bourque said Friday night. "There will be an announcement tomorrow (today)."
While media reports in Canada late Friday suggested an agreement is imminent, Bourque cited another contact.
"I have an incredibly reliable source that has been giving me inside information from players, agents, owners, arena workers," Bourque said.
"I'm dead-set convinced."
Bourque is a former Pittsburgh teammate of Penguins player-owner Mario Lemieux, and he said he skated with Lemieux recently, although Bourque said the two had not spoken Friday.
ah, wie geil ist das denn...
verschiedene medien in den usa haben unabhängig voneinander von einem deal gesprochen... es sieht tatsächlich so aus, als würden sie sich einigen... schöne grüße an ingolstadt, mannheim und frankfurt... ;)