“How much revenue was going to be created [this season] was certainly accounted for. The agreement was made four or five months ago … and we prepared for different scenarios that could happen. It’s not like we did this agreement in January and then the pandemic hit and it’s a different world we’re living in. This agreement was negotiated with all this in mind and trying to map out the next few years.”

“We wanted to get a little bit of stability to the industry, and to help teams and players plan for different things going forward, As players, we’re ready to roll and ready to play and uphold the agreement. We’re just waiting to hear from the owners, but we’re ready to get started.”

-James van Riemsdyk of the Philadelphia Flyers. Sam Carchide of the Philadelphia Inquirr has more on this topic.