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Originally Posted by Toonage
Very much a rock and a hard place situation for the players. I get why they would be upset considering the deal they agreed to was done with what seemed like pretty full knowledge of what this season was going to look like.
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I think when they were negotiating previously there was still some expectation (or hope anyway) that this season would have at least some fan attendance. With the NHL being such a gate-driven league, it is easy to understand why owners are hesitant about the possibility of having to float the cost of playing an entire season (albeit a shortened one) with very little revenue coming in.
The only reason we even got playoffs done was because of the bubble system, and pretty much everyone has already agreed that the bubble isn't sustainable for an entire season.
I hope they can work something out. Having no hockey at this time of year sucks.