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Which is putting NYI in a bind - limited cap space for next season and needing another goalie with Greiss being UFA. Also shortens their window under team control and delays his development. This could also be the new calendar for seasons going forward where there will always be some 5 months gap between the NHL start date and the KHL start date. Canucks cannot entice Rathbone to sign either. He will be UFA in August 2021 per Thomas Drance. If the Canucks can't sign him this year who knows if he will not just decide to go the free agency route next year. Why would the league change the rule in the 1st place? They are calling those players "ringers". Could it be because of Makar's impact last playoffs. They are allowing junior players like Nick Robertson to suit up for the playoffs simply because he signed his contract in September. Doesn't feel like it's a one off. Can't pay a bonus before the next league year starts. Could be in November/December.
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[Report] Chris Tanev, Canucks want new contract
mll replied to peaches5's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
How? It's escrow that is adjusting but not the salaries. There's no cap space created. Players are going to negotiate their contracts within the cap while knowing that they will be losing 20% of it through escrow. They are not going to be taking x% less and then losing again say 20% through escrow. -
If Tryamkin was such a priority and Benning felt his demands were reasonable he would have already negotiated a deal. The KHL season is set to start on time. The NHL season will probably not start before January. There's a trade freeze in effect for the 24 teams in the play-ins. The other 7 can trade among themselves. Several in media have reported that contracts are going to slide till the season is completed. See Friedman below. The salary cap is typically announced around the draft give or take a few days. Players vote on the cap. There's nothing to vote on as numbers won't be known until closer to the draft. Activity is concentrated from June to mid-July with the draft and free agency - roughly 4 weeks. GMs have their phones off in August. The schedule simply slides - there's still going to be a draft and free agency. ----- Friedman in his 31 thoughts last month: My guess is we don’t see training camps before July. In addition to the playoff format, it sounds like the NHL and NHLPA are working together on adjusting the critical-dates calendar. That means contracts for players will be extended from June 30 (the normal end of each season) to whenever this year officially concludes. The interesting thing will be contracts for coaches/executives scheduled to expire on that date. There will be the option to extend those, too, but there might be situations where a team and/or an individual would not wish to extend. Vancouver and amateur scouting director Judd Brackett would be an obvious one. There is at least one coach not extended past this season who has mused about declining to return.
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[Report] Chris Tanev, Canucks want new contract
mll replied to peaches5's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Friedman last week - escrow still seems to be the approach but capped to recover the losses over time. "However, there are plenty of rumours that the NHL and NHLPA are working hard on a CBA extension, with multiple sources indicating there is a legit attempt to get something done by the time play resumes. The league wants long-term stability. The players want a cap on escrow, and word is that it is being considered. If the season does not resume, their hit would be 35 per cent. Even if there are games, they are looking at 27 or 28 per cent. I heard rumblings of a 20 per cent escrow cap over the next few seasons — others said they heard slightly less. A flat salary cap of $81.5 million for a few seasons is possible, too." -
[Report] Chris Tanev, Canucks want new contract
mll replied to peaches5's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Why wouldn't the percentage cut also apply to the cap. Players are already taking a salary cut through escrow but it doesn't create cap space. -
Players receive their base salary roughly every two weeks throughout the regular season - 1st pay-check in October and the last in April. The calendar will be adjusted for next season. Tryamkin is RFA and to be allowed to play he has to be signed by 1 December - that deadline will adjust based on the new calendar but if he is not under contract by that new deadline he can't play for the season. That's why he can't sign for this season. For now the league is not allowing new ELCs to sign this season. Romanov, Perunovich, Sorokin, etc are not allowed to join although guys like Boeser, Hughes, Makar, Tolvanen were in the past. The NHLPA is fighting it as it's a CBA negotiated rule. If that goes through and applies beyond just this season then Podkolzin would not be allowed to join once his season is over and will have to wait the start of the following season. NYI is at risk of losing Sorokin because of that rule as he doesn't want to wait that long before playing. His KHL team made it clear that they will not accept loans. The KHL doesn't want to have players leaving the league. They have even blacklisted several NHL agents like Millstein, Theofanous from doing business there earlier this year as they don't want them recruiting players to sign in the NHL.
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There are apparently discussions to adjust the calendar beyond next season. The networks have apparently told the league that it would increase the ratings if their season were to start later. In October there is competition with too many other major sports. The more profitable months are late winter and spring. The league has to negotiate a new US TV deal for 2021/22 and reconsidering the calendar might be part of it. The league is going to lose so much money and adjusting the calendar might be a way to recoup part of their losses.
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Treliving confirmed several weeks ago that Calgary was not a candidate to be a hub city. Time zones would be an issue. It's not ideal for viewership to have both conference playing that far West. Also Bill Daly excluded putting a hub in Canada if the 14 day quarantine rules stands. They would apparently like to use Edmonton - the exchange rate makes it more favourable to play in Canada but there's that quarantine rule. Yesterday Treliving confirmed that the Flames are making plans to hold their training camp in the US because of that quarantine rule. Benning has also suggested that the Canucks could hold their training camp in the US because of that too.
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It doesn't. Next season won't start on time whether they finish this season or not. They are looking to push back the date as late as possible. They are talking of January but it might even be later with how things are going. It's not viable to operate without fans in the stands and some owners are against resuming until they can.
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Next season won't start on time whether this season is completed or not. There are talks of starting in January. It's not viable for the league to operate without fans in the stands and some owners don't think the league should resume until they can. They estimate the losses at about 1 billion if this season isn't completed - it's a 5 billion dollar league. They think they can get back some 300-500M by playing. It's still going to be a considerable loss.
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The Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy is awarded to the player who best exemplifies qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to hockey. The last 3 winners - Lehner struggled with alcoholism, Boyle was diagnosed with leukemia, Anderson had his wife battling cancer. Don't really see Markstrom among the finalist. Lindblom is battling cancer, Stephen Johns missed more than 1.5 years with concussion like symptoms, Bouwmeester had a heart arrest, Bobby Ryan came back from addiction and Corey Crawford missed significant time with vertigo.
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Luongo can't be bought out. It's a penalty and not a contract.
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The Vancouver chapter of the PHWA has nominated Markstrom for the Masterton Trophy.
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Whether they finish this season or not, next season won't start any earlier. They are talking of January. Some owners are against playing until they can have fans in the stands - it's not viable. Completing this season is about TV revenue - networks aren't going to pay the same amount for a truncated season and penalties are apparently pretty severe. They make their money during the playoffs. Doubt any of the rinks / practice facilities that players are currently using to train are spending that much on sanitisation or have such rigorous protocols as the NHL's. Also doubt any of the players or the recreational skaters they are sharing the facilities with are getting tested. The NHLs bubble is probably going to be safer than what players that are already skating are doing now. All players will vote on the return to play proposal so maybe hockey won't return. Training camp hasn't even started. Tampa-St Louis would likely be in November. They have no intention to start next season before late December or even January. Bettman suggested that next season could start with the Winter Classic. Fwiw there are some discussions about adjusting the hockey season going forward - not just next season but ongoing. In October there is competition with so many other major sports and revenue is a fair bit lower than the late winter months and spring. The networks have apparently told the league that it would increase the ratings if their season were to start later. February to August is apparently when there is the least competition. The league is set to lose so much money given the pandemic and pushing back the season might be a way to recoup part of their losses. They have to negotiate a new TV deal in the US for 2021/22 and reconsidering the hockey season might be part of it.
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So they can pay their employees. Suspending a 5 billion dollar league doesn't only impact owners and players. Suspending a league means a lot of people are left without a source of revenue and are filing for unemployment. With less income it also impacts tax revenue for the government which then affects the general population. Teams don't need their arena workers. Montreal laid off the staff that makes the ice for example. Media is laying off their sports reporters. Even the Canucks cut back staff salary. Some millionaires are asset rich but not necessarily cash rich. When their businesses lose money they often end up cutting staff. Players/owners for the most part can do without the league resuming - not sure all the other employees and businesses affected can.
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[Report] Chris Tanev, Canucks want new contract
mll replied to peaches5's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Tanev is not eligible for performance bonuses. Other than ELCs within set parameters, very few contracts are performance bonus eligible. From CapFriendly: Not all players are eligible for Performance Bonuses, and to receive a bonus within their contract, a player must meet one of the following criteria: The player is on an entry-level contract. The player has signed a one-year contract and is over 35 years old. The player has signed a one-year contract after returning from a long-term injury (has played 400 or more games, and spent 100 or more days on the Injured Reserve in the last year of their most recent contract). -
NHL Play-In Predictions! (Cast your vote)
mll replied to Rush17's topic in General Hockey Discussion
They are reseeding after each round this season. -
They are probably not just a few months away from a vaccine. Also quite a few players have already been skating despite the NHL's recommendation to self-isolate. Gaudette found a rink in NJD where he has been skating for a while now. Vegas players have apparently been skating together for a couple of months already - lots of them stayed in town. In Sweden rinks are open and gatherings of up to 50 people are allowed. Players are scrimmaging, puck battles and all. Pettersson's brother is training with his team Vaxjo - there's no self distancing. Pettersson is likely spending time with his brother or friends so there's a risk of cross-contamination. Boeser drove to South Dakota with a few friends to attend a pro training camp. He also confirmed that he will be skating with other NHLers at one of Minnesota's suburban rinks. Minnesota based players typically train together in the off-season and play in the Beauty League. The NHL's phase 2 approach is so restrictive while they have more freedom if they make up their own arrangements. In fact most teams are not setting up ice for phase 2 until much later because they don't expect all that many players to show up. There's likely no testing in those settings and it puts them more at risk than playing under the NHL's bubble. Some players are possibly in full self-isolation but not all. There will be a full scale player vote on the return to play plan.
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Players and owners are not the only ones affected but also all the behind the scenes workers - custodians, maintenance personnel, security staff etc. Not all teams have made their hourly paid employees whole and several teams have cut back salaries, furloughed or even fired employees. Businesses beyond just hockey are also affected - hotels, food suppliers, broadcasters, media.
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[Report] Chris Tanev, Canucks want new contract
mll replied to peaches5's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
In the past he has asked for a trade. Sounds like he would like it to work in Buffalo but is not going to wait forever. Not sure Buffalo is at the point to trade him yet. For their team to progress it's elsewhere that they should try and cut first, rather than move a player the coach thinks could be core, especially with Ristolainen wanting it to work. Eichel has criticised guys for not always having the right work ethic - would think those are the guys on the way out before Ristolainen. -
[Report] Chris Tanev, Canucks want new contract
mll replied to peaches5's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Except Ristolainen has changed his mind and wants to stay - he's now worried that he could be traded. Ristolainen likes playing for Krueger.