NHL is back

After a lockout that forced just under 50% of the season to be cancelled an agreement has been reached and we will have a shortened NHL season, starting Saturday.  The shortened hockey season will start after a shortened training camp, teams really only started practicing together last weekend.  Since everything is shortened, play might be sloppy early on.  I for one am interested in hockey but probably not what you would call a die-hard, I got into the New York Rangers run last year, I like it when it means something.  The question is will the real hockey fans come back again after missing just under half a season this time and missing one and a half seasons previously under commissioner Gary Bettman.  During each lockout Bettman did get what was wanted, for example this time he got a 50-50 revenue split, hopefully the fans will come back to what is an exciting game but some might be frustrated with the league after the third lockout in the last 20 years.  This should be fun, a sprint to the playoffs this year and then we will have 10 years of labor peace.