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Originally Posted by Mister Yamoto
You can count on a lockout in 2020.
Why are players insisting on getting lockout protection? It's because everyone in the business already knows there is gonna be a lockout.
Really bad move by the GMs/owners to give it out.
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They don't really have a choice. In between lockouts, players have all the power.
If you don't offer a top player what he wants, he will get it somewhere else, and there is an extremely limited supply of top players.
There actually aren't all that many of these buyout/lockout proof contracts out there yet. There will be more and more as we get closer to 2020, but will it really make much of a difference in a lockout scenario?
All of the players in a position to demand a big signing bonus in the year 2020 in their contracts are the upper echelon of NHL players. These are the guys that always would have been the most prepared to resist folding to owner pressure. These guys can afford to miss 2-3 seasons if they really wanted. These are the guys whose grandchildren are set for life.
These contracts aren't helping out the majority of the rank and file NHLPA members. The guys that really need to make every season count, and the guys that are the most likely to fold. So I think these contracts will really benefit some individuals, but I'm not sure if it will affect the will of the NHLPA as a whole.