from Michael Arace of the Columbus Dispatch,

Bettman and Fehr have been going at it for months now, and neither has conceded an inch. Now, they play chicken. Bettman has presided over two, soon to be three, lockouts. Fehr has been through multiple work stoppages, including a strike that caused the cancellation of the 1994 World Series. They have their constituencies, and the fans are not among them.So here we go again.

Hockey is on the shelf amid a sheath of paperwork. The game is going dark. The Columbus All-Star Game is in jeopardy.

On the bright side, no doubt ticket prices will be lower whenever they get back — a nod to the greatest fans in the world.

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