NHL CBA To Be Done Today

As NASA looks to get itself off the ground today from its post-Columbia lockout, with the scheduled launch of Discovery, the NHL is about to escape its own lockout. According to TSN's sources, the new NHL CBA will be completed today, on Day 301 of the lockout. Today also marks one of two days where there are no nationally televised sports in the US (Monday was the other day), with the MLB All Star Game last night. So it was long speculated that the NHL would capitalize on the lack of sports news and announce a deal either Monday or today. And, according to TSN, expect the deal to be done by tonight, with sides beginning talks at noon - the 10th consecutive day of negotiations. If it was up to me, I'd wait until later in the week to make the announcement, because today's launch of Discovery will certainly overshadow the CBA agreement for most, if not all, segments of the country.