Not sure if this is one of those lockout type contracts but from what I've been reading it sounds like a lot of the North American players are planning on playing in the Swiss leagues while the other nationalities plan on returning to their respective home countries (i.e. Malkin in Russia, Selanne in Finland). Not sure if this was the norm during the last lockout cuz I didn't start following hockey really until a couple of seasons after the last lockout.