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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
They would be suspended by the NHL without pay - which for these guys will result in several hundred thousand dollars in lost salary - and the IIHF already generally honours NHL suspensions, so that alone could put a stop to it.
But more simply, if the NHLPA does anything at all to encourage it, the league would have every right to crush the players - individually and collectively - in court over breach of contract. They would be acting in direct violation of the CBA.
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They haven't said they would suspend players who would go anyway yet. LeBrun on TSN said they might do that or they might leave to a team by team basis.