Revenue pot will shrink if NHL season is lost due to lockout 'This is going to put a lot of franchises in jeopardy' By BRUCE GARRIOCH, QMI Agency

Hockey fans protest the National Hockey League (NHL) lockout outside the NHL offices in midtown Manhattan on December 1, 2012 in New York City. (AFP) NHLPA not about to wave white flag in lockout talks

If the NHL season gets cancelled, the pot of gold is only going to get smaller.

League sources told QMI Agency Thursday if the NHL and NHL Players' Association aren't able to make a deal on a new CBA that will save at least a 48-game schedule, then there certainly isn't going to be $3.3 billion in revenue the next time they play.