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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
There's a thousand or more players under contract in the NHL. I don't think <20 players with these lockout protected contracts is going to amount to a hill of beans in the next CBA.
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How many more will have them when it's time for negotiations though? And from the league's side of things, their sunk cost is measured in dollars, not players. A top paid players with a multi-million signing bonus outweighs an ELC scrub without one.
I think it could have an impact. Not will, but could.