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Originally Posted by SmootSmack
An agreement in principle is maybe a week or two away at best, after that it should take maybe another 2 weeks to finalize and formalize it (not sure what you mean by the whole legal process starts then), and there wouldn't be a full training camp and pre-season. They aren't going to finalize a deal in early August let's say and then have a full off-season. They'll just abbreviate it in order to get to the start of the season in time.
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I would presume once they have an agreement in principle the lockout will be lifted while the lawyers type up the paperwork which everyone presumes will take the second two weeks. At worst case scenario possibly 6 weeks to get everything put to paper and signed. More knowledgable people have said they suspect the lockout to be lifted in about 2 to 4 weeks for practice and training and the regular schedule to kick off as expected minus maybe 2 preseason games.
Thats unless there is a hickup in this whole process and a major step back occurs.