[FIELDSET="Next Lockout"]This CBA is a 10-year agreement, but both can choose to opt out after 8 years. The NHL will have first crack to do so by Sept. 1, 2019. If they decline, the NHLPA can decide to opt out by Sept. 19, 2019. The 10-year deal expires Sept. 15, 2022. Start your lockout war chests.[/FIELDSET]
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Another lockout is a virtual guarantee (simply put, it's ownership+Bettman's best tool to get what they want) but neither side will want the stigma of being the ones that initiated it early. So six more years of hockey until the next shortened or missed season.