Especially if they can delay until vaccinations are more common and get fans in the stand rather than taking the losses of paying players without gate revenue.
I wonder if the owners helped push this. One of the signatures on their is from the mayor of Glendale, whose NHL team is currently playing games, with fans in the stands. So skip me with the safety concerns from him.
(Meanwhile I’m not sure the players are blameless either. They refuse to cede an inch of money, deservedly so or not)