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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
And get suspended without pay? Not sure how many players are going to go against their own contracts. I suspect it won't be many at all.
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Yup.
A guy like Ovechkin will go with his owner's blessing.
But the league (re: Bettman) will be putting pressure on any owners who haven't already spoken publicly about it to stand with the league's position - and most will.
Any player who leaves without permission will certainly be suspended without pay for the duration. For a $5 million player, that's going to be over a half million dollars. And in the worst case scenario where they suffer a major injury, the team would certainly have the option to walk away from their contracts entirely.