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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
You would think the players would want to renew.
They don't tend to win these things when it gets to a lockout.
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This is why the NFL always owns the NFLPA. The players talk a good game but as soon as players start losing pay cheques the players crack. It's harder on football players seeing they play less games so a missed pay cheque is much larger than NHL players missing a game out of an 82 game season but the NHL players have seen that the NHL can handle going a full season without operating and it's no longer a bluff they can call and the NHL knows the players will in time turn on each other once they start losing a lot of pay. How many meltdowns did we see from players in 2004 like Domi, etc? The NHL should always win these negotiations and IMO the NHLPA is kind of fortunate that the NHL doesn't drive a harder bargain like the NFL. These leagues are generally hobbies for the owners as it's rarely their primary source of income so the players really don't have a lot of leverage in that shutting the league down doesn't cripple the owners financially like it does the players.