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Originally Posted by Major Major
A lawsuit is a nuclear option that would never happen.
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I’m pretty confident that if the league decides to lockout the players the PA will absolutely sue them. I don’t think it will get to the point where they are locked out but if the league decided to do so I don’t know how litigation would be avoided.
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Players should and likely do know how this will play out. It's not a great position for them, but they are breakable and they will break again if they give themselves the opportunity.
99% of the hockey watching public will have no idea about the finer details re-neg. NHL players will get hammered in the PR battle as they are seen to be demanding more money in a pandemic and rinse repeat try to get a rushed deal done before the season isn't salvageable. The sooner they realize this, the better it will be for them.
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The players aren’t obligated to negotiate another CBA, they already have one. That’s why the league’s approach is somewhat baffling from a labour relations perspective. The league has to acknowledge that in these circumstances they’re going to have to give the players something to get what they want.