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Originally Posted by surixon
Well if that's the case the players are being short sited. They damage the product enough they get less money moving forward. Fehr has already cost his players over half a billion and who knows what moving forward due to the damage caused. The best way to prevent future lockouts is to work with the league to grow the game to the point where most of the league is profitable. Only then will the NHL have no incentive to lock the players out.
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That's assuming each side acts in a reasonable manner and doesn't get overly greedy, wanting more of the revenue pie or more contracting control. Haven't seen too much of that yet.
I'm of the opinion that the owners, with the additional games now being canceled, will not put the 'make whole' sum (reported to be around $300 million) back on the table as they had last week. If that's the case, i don't see the players agreeing to a new CBA for this season. Hope i'm wrong, but this negotiation just seems to have gotten off the rails.