CBA Expires, NHL Triggers Lockout
Here is a look at the NHL lockout by the numbers:
3 The number of times the NHL has locked out its players since Gary Bettman has been commissioner.
1,230 The number of games missed when the NHL cancelled the 2004-05 season.
468 The number of games missed when the NHL locked out its players in the 1994-95 season.
57 The percentage of hockey-related revenue (HRR) players were entitled to under the expired CBA.
49 The percentage of HRR the league is offering players in first year of new CBA (dropping to 47 percent by the end of a six-year agreement).
54.3 The percentage of HRR the NHLPA has said it will take in the first year of a new agreement (dropping to about 52 percent by the end of a five-year deal).
1.873 The total, in billions, the NHL paid its players last season.
2.45 The average salary, in millions, for NHL players last season.
1 The number of NHL players, according to ESPN, who have been part of all four work stoppages since 1992 (there was a players’ strike for 10 games in 1992). That would be Jaromir Jagr.
49 The low end, as a percentage of revenues, NBA players agreed to accept in their new CBA. It will range up to 51 percent.
47 The low end, as a percentage of revenues, NFL players agreed to accept in their new CBA. It will range up to almost 49 percent.
0 The number of NHL fans who can understand why the two sides can’t figure out how to divide up $3.3 billion.
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