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Originally Posted by Bingo
I thought the season was over until I read that the league has received more tv revenue than they've earned.
That puts them in a pickle and makes finishing this season without fans less of a loss than just nuking the season, and having to credit back their tv deals going into the next season.
For that reason I'm convinced they will finish the season ... but I'm equally convinced that the November or December start to a next season won't happen.
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Agreed. It's a snowball effect as well.If the league and the teams and the players have to credit back tv revenue for next year, itself a likely shortened season as well, they'll be that much further behind going into the 2021-22 season for hockey related revenue and the cap situation etc etc.
Whether they finish this season and or playoffs or not has very little bearing on next season operationally (they won't start in Oct regardless of how this season ends and I'd be surprised if there are fans in arenas before Christmas) but financially it's huge for all involved as it will have reprcussions spilling over a few seasons.