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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
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.
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.
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In my opinion, If the players sued, it would be a bloodbath that the league would sustain. Teams would be lost and the league would take a massive hit, but that pails in comparison to a substantial portion of the players realizing that they've already played their final NHL game.
You say the players would be locked out. But is the agreement fully done? As in, the NHL could tell the players that the season is starting Jan 1, be in town for camp starting in 2 weeks, and the players would be bound to go by the MOU signed in June?