Jason Spezza is wishful that the league and the players' union will reach a deal on a new CBA before any regular-season games are lost. "I still hold out hope that once we get to the point where they have to cancel regular season games, hopefully that's a bit of a pressure point to get things done," he said. "I expected this to be a quiet time. I would imagine both sides are going over their game plans a little bit, in how they want to approach it and figure out a way." Spezza will fly from Ottawa to Zurich Tuesday and then join the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers of the Swiss League.