If there is no season, technically there will be no draft. With no workable form of a CBA, then they will have no choice but to cancel the draft. In the event that this happens, all of the draft eligible players will then become unrestricted free agents, as does anyone who is not drafted in their draft year, see Cujo and Adam Oates. This would obviously be very exciting as then Crosby could go to the highest bidder, and there would be no shortage of high bids for his services. This would undoubtedly blow up in Bettman's and the owners faces, seeing as they are fighting for a salary cap, and putting Crosby out there for anyone with enough money to grab, would work against what they are trying to accomplish. What has been thrown around in some hockey circles as a remedy for such a problem, would be to host the 2005 entry draft, just before the 2006 draft. I agree this sounds a little ridiculous, but is the type of loophole, which could be used to get around the present problem of not having a draft at all, and then dealing with the Pandora's box that it would be opening. Either way, it will be very interesting to see how this all plays out.