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NHL's Dark Day: 2004-05 Season Axed in Lockout
Twenty-one years ago today, Gary Bettman drops the hammer and cancels the entire 2004-05 NHL season after months of brutal lockout talks collapse over salary cap battles. Owners push for financial sanity while the NHLPA digs in, leaving players scattering to Europe and fans staring at an empty calendar. That decision reshaped the league with a cap that still governs every contract today, proving labor wars leave permanent scars.
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