AM said:
need to cross the picket lines for the NHLPA to capitulate?
Or perhaps, maybe they all cross, and Goodenow sits there and has a job for life spending the NHLPA slush fund, while the new NHLPA starts from scratch?
This is "THE" interesting questions IMO. Can anyone imagine guys like Yashin, Holik Jagr, & Marchant not crossing the picket line immediately?
This is what the owners are betting on. The players who are under contract will be VERY tempted to cross the picket line. It might only be 20-30% of all NHL'ers are under contract, but making $1.6M will look really good to Matthew Barnaby instead of sitting at home.
Todd Marchant would make at least 10 and probably 20 times as much playing in the NHL as he would oversees. I would go so far as to say that he would make more playing for 1 more year on his current NHL contract than the rest of his life combined (if he's not playing in the NHL).