from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

The plight of NHL players’ finances likely are not uppermost in your mind. But even though it may feel as if the world has come to a complete halt, it has not. Business grinds on even if the season does not.

In that vein, the NHL has informed the NHLPA that 2019-20 escrow would be expected to increase by four percent under a best-case scenario but surge to an additional 21 percent under the worst-case scenario that presumably would be represented by outright cancellation of the season and the playoffs, a well-placed source has told The Post.

This increase would be added to the 14-percent escrow deductions from paychecks throughout the season. In other words, the best-case scenario as presented by the league would mean that players would receive 82-percent of the face value of their contracts while the worst-case scenario would leave players with a net 65-percent of their deals.

The season is approximately 85-percent through, so the discrepancy reflects the massive amount of revenue the playoffs produce.

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