Jag är riktigt nöjd, det här kommer säkerligen innebära fler lag som kan slåss om toppplaceringar. Inte bara "the big market teams" som det varit på sistone.
Vissa tyckte Tampa Bays seger motbevisar detta men jag håller inte med. Deras realtivt låga löner beror på att deras bästa spelare var såpass unga samt att St Louis var en "late bloomer". Jag skulle inte vilja vara Tampas GM under det förra avtalet. Hade inte varit roligt då Richards, Lecavaliers, Kubinas och St Louis kontrakt går ut och de ska förhandla nya.
Deas: Läste en intressant sak som nog kan ställa till problem gällande möjligheten att köpa ut spelare från sina kontrakt och därmed slippa räkna in dessa i lönetaket.
"If a player has just the 2005-06 season remaining on his contract, he can be bought out at two-thirds of his salary without it counting against the cap. If his contract extends beyond next season, a portion of the buyout in subsequent years will go against the cap. That will hamper the New York Rangers if they want to buy out Bobby Holik or Darius Kasparaitis."
Paddan: Så börjar det då bli dags för draftlotteriet. Jäkligt mycket buffrande på cybercastsändningen, i varje fall för egen del. Påminner nästan om min inte alltför avlägsna tid som vanlig modemare.
Robert W. Goodenow today advised the NHLPA that he would step down as its Executive Director and General Counsel. The NHLPA named Ted Saskin, its Senior Director of Business Affairs and Licensing, to succeed Mr. Goodenow.
"With the conclusion of the negotiations and the ratification of the new agreement, the parties concur that this is an appropriate action for the future. I am fortunate to have had the opportunity to serve the Players over the past 15 years and to have had the support of a tremendous staff at the NHLPA. I wish the Players every success under the new CBA."
Salle: En bra artikel om klubbarnas värvande under denna första tid med den nya CBA:n.
" Two things have become crystal clear in the past week -- teams are still trying to understand how to play under a salary cap and owners made a monumental mistake with one clause in the new collective bargaining agreement."
"And about that foolish clause allegedly included by Commissioner Gary Bettman.
What was the commish thinking when he capped player salaries at 20 percent of the cap number ($7.8 million this year)? He might as well have given every player and agent a target to shoot for. Every major contract negotiated to this point has had that $7.8 million figure in mind."
"The market would have been better off establishing itself without placing a target for everyone to aim at. Now it likely won't reset itself for at least two years as everyone attempts to get a full grasp of this new outlook."
Lite grann om matematiken i det nya CBA:t från en artikel i NY Post
"CBA 101: Over the summer, clubs can be 10 percent over the cap. From July 1 through Sept. 30, clubs are charged for all players in the organization signed to one-way contracts (average salary and prospective bonuses); the percent of NHL salaries to players on two-way deals based on the amount of time spent in the NHL the previous season, and all qualifiers and actual buyout payments. Beginning Oct. 1, the cap is calculated on the average contract value (including all possible bonuses) of only those players on the NHL roster, plus buyouts. No one on a minor-league roster counts against the cap.
For example, at the moment, the Rangers are not being charged for either Henrik Lundqvist or Al Montoya, both of whom are on the first year of Entry Level deals. But if either is on the roster on Oct. 1, the Rangers will be charged approximately $2M per — the amount of base salary plus attainable bonuses.
The cap salary range, by the way, in future years of the CBA will be calculated as 54 percent of the defined Hockey Revenue for the preceding season minus $66M for benefits plus an assumed five percent growth, divided by 30. That's the midpoint. The floor will be $8M less, the cap $8M more.
For example, if this year's hockey revenue is $1.6B, next year's payroll range will be between $20.99-36.99M. If it's $1.5B, the ceiling will be $35.1M; 1.7B, it'll be $38.88M"
AB listar svenska vinnare och förlorare vad gäller löner före och efter det nya avtalet. Zäta gick hyfsat mycket plus på det kontrakt som han skrev under sent igår kväll..
De svenska förlorarna:
Lön 2005, lön 2004, skillnad i procent, skillnad kronor.
Vissa tyckte Tampa Bays seger motbevisar detta men jag håller inte med. Deras realtivt låga löner beror på att deras bästa spelare var såpass unga samt att St Louis var en "late bloomer". Jag skulle inte vilja vara Tampas GM under det förra avtalet. Hade inte varit roligt då Richards, Lecavaliers, Kubinas och St Louis kontrakt går ut och de ska förhandla nya.