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Originally Posted by Loyal and True
1. There are many signing bonuses (which are subject to escrow) to be paid in the year of potential lockout, which players intended to give themselves more leverage that year. [B]But don't you think the escrow will be extremely high that year if there is a strong possibility of a strike/lockout?
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Given the CBA will have expired, there will be no escrow at all, save what is agreed to in the subsequent CBA. I'm sure the owners could seek to apply it retroactively, but that would have to be agreed to.
As Bingo noted, what is really interesting about lockout protection is that it is designed to benefit the top 5% and screw the rest. Connor McDavid gets paid, and Connor McDavid is free to also go to Europe and steal someone else's job because Connor McDavid is special. 20 other guys on the Oilers get to collect no NHL pay and only a couple would be able to go steal a job in Europe. The pressure from the union's side is how long they can convince those 20 rank and file guys to sacrifice a portion of their own careers for McDavid's benefit, even though he's already taken care of himself.