NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman recently stated that the lockout will need to end by January 19 and that the season would need to be a minimum of 48-games. The 1994-95season was shortened to 48-games because of a players lockout imposed by the NHL. The 2004-05 season was canceled in its entirety due to the expiration of the CBA.

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Banderas, Texas got its start as a staging area for the great cattle drives of yesteryear. The town is known for its "dude" ranches which came into being when ranching fell upon hard times. When was that? During the Great Depression of 1929. One enterprising rancher decided to open up his ranch to city-slickers as a means for generating earn extra money and a new industry was born. Perhaps it should be called the City Slicker Capital or the Dude Ranch Capital, since that's what Banderas has hung its hat on.

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The NHL's recent CBA proposal would limit new player's contract to six-seasons and team's can re-sign their own players to a maximum of seven-year deals. Starting in the 2013-14 season teams can buy out the contract of one of their own players without salary cap penalties. Player's salaries, in multiyear deals, can only increase by 10% from season to season.

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