There have been some rumors about the cap lately which may suggest compliance buyouts are not in order. The losses for this year will be covered by the players and owners as they have the 50/50 share on revenues. I think it was Friedman who reported that if (somehow) this season will be finished, escrow will be around 20%. If its cancelled it will hit roughly 35% as about a billion in revenues would be lost with the cancelation. For the future salary cap hit, it has been suggested to create an artificial cap for next year which could be the same as this year and then keep it for a few more years until the losses of the owners (from their 50% share) next season are covered. This might be the worst case for the Canucks, having no compliance buyout and a stagnant cap for several years with Pettersson and Hughes coming up for renewal next year could create quite a mess in 21-22.