Alexei Ponikarovsky feels a sense of deja vu during this potential lockout after he experienced the canceled year in 2004-05. "I was through that in the last lockout in 2004. It's the same as before," said Ponikarovsky, who skated Tuesday with teammates and local NHLers at MTS Iceplex. "You're waiting to see what's going to happen, you're still training hard to get ready for the training camp. If it's not going to happen maybe you'll take a little break and then regroup and go again. We'll see. It's hard to say right now how long it's going to take and how long we have to wait for it." He also said he won't rush into a contract overseas if the beginning of the 2012-13 campaign is delayed by a work stoppage.