The lockout has ended.

The CBC lockout, that is. Finally, no lockouts stand in the way of my Winter Saturday night ritual. Unless the liquor stores lock out their staff... horror of horrors! Let's move on.

You had to think they would have an agreement by the start of the NHL season. After a whole season without NHL hockey, doing without Hockey Night In Canada upon it's return would add insult to injury. After all, HNIC is easily the best hockey broadcast available around here - even with Coach's Corner and Bob Cole & Harry Neale constantly wearing their Maple Leafs underoos.