If there is a lockout, the owners lose major revenue.

After all, what other activities (concerts, Disney on Ice, etc.) will they slot into all the hockey game times at their respective stadiums? It seems to me they’d be the big losers with regards to a year of revenue.

After all, many of the NHL players could always leave for the KHL or the various European hockey leagues for one season…at least recouping SOME of the revenue they’d lose from an NHL lockout for a year.

Another thought: The owners want to roll back player salaries and set contract limitations. I believe players should have the option to opt out of their current contract. Because I don’t believe its fair for people like Hossa, Kovi, Crosby, Ovi, and many others but most recently Stall, Weber, Suter, and Parise…would they have signed their “mega deals” just to watch them get rolled back by the kind of amount we’re talking? Who knows how the market would have turned out this summer if they knew this was going to take place to this degree. You can argue all day whether they make to much money but it’s still very shady to me that the owners can entice them so much money just to roll it back.