Sources say the final accounting will result in players losing only three per cent of their salary and being rebated the seven per cent difference versus what was actually withheld.
i didn't know that....Refund yes, but they still lost money through escrow.
They had ~10% taken out and only got 7% back.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=212247&hubname=
Just because I was overwithheld and got a refund back from the IRS does not mean I didn't pay any taxes.