The NHL collects 35% of ticket revenues during the playoffs for all home games under the new collective bargaining agreement.

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As the NHL and NHLPA continue negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement, the league has locked players out and cancelled games through the end of November.

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Under the current collective bargaining agreement, the players receive 60% of gate receipts in required games.

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The results they are gathering will give them new insights into game theory, that little corner of mathematics where games and economics collide, and which can be found behind everything from corporate bargaining to the 1950s arms race.

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