Is a lockout looming? NHL announces it will not reopen CBA

Fans cheers during the third period of Game 4 of an NHL hockey second-round playoff series between the Carolina Hurricanes and the New York Islanders in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, May 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

By Taylor Haase

PITTSBURGH — If the NHL wished to opt out of the current CBA, it would have had to notify the NHLPA by Sept. 1.

The NHLPA still has the option to opt out, and if they choose to do so they must notify the league by Sept. 15.

If either side opts out, the CBA would then expire in September 2020, setting up the possibility for a lockout to start the 2020-21 season.

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