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Down To Crunch Time For The NHL

10/21/2012 at 8:51pm EDT

from Scott Burnside of ESPN,

And so it comes down to this: a week, maybe less, to not just save a season but a game's reputation; to save the reputation of its players and owners and to disprove the widely held notion -- one that grows by the day -- that hockey will just never get it right.

Less than a week to prove that hockey isn't the crazy, drooling uncle of sport that deserves to be locked in the attic.

If commissioner Gary Bettman is to be believed, a full 82-game schedule can still be saved if the NHL and its players can get a deal done by Oct. 25.

We're guessing there is wiggle room there, that if there is significant progress made toward resolving this dispute over the next few days, that the deadline could be pushed a little.

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