A releasing rule(NOT rumor, my suggestion)

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C-Saku Koivu MTL

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Like I tryed to highlight in my title, this is not anything I heard but just my own suggestion.

Would you guys like to see a rule that would aloud teams to release 1 or 2 players from their team with contract that they would not like anymore. They would have nothing to give to the players, no buyout, just release.

That would help some teams that have some very bad contracts to get under the cap. It would only be an exeption for this year, not every year. Like MTL could release Craig Rivet who has 3 mil$ for next year and 3.5 mil$ the other. A team like TOR to release Nolan and maybe Belfour, NYI-Yashin, NYR-Holik etc...
These players would become UFA(they like that don't they ;) )

It could count against the cap in some way or for others years to come. a little like the NFL does when a team release a player.

Now, that would be another BIG gave by the players to aloud this. What would it cost to the owners to get something like this from the players and Do you guys like the idea or would it be completly stupid.
 

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sevenSteen said:
Toronto won't be releasing Nolan or Belfour.

To get under the cap if needed, they won't have a choice, but if they want to keep them, sure they don't have to release anyone if they don't want to.
 

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With Gurenteed contracts and a salery cap then movment of players between teams will almost stop. There has to be a system in place to be able to cut players to get under a cap. In the NFL contracts are not gurenteed so as I understand how it works is the cap hit is the players upcoming salery for the year and the rest of his signing bonus excelerated to this year. I don't know an easy way around this. The NHLPA will never agree to unguarenteed salleries. This is the real reason I thought the NHL was trying to declare impass. Shy.
 

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mattihp said:
I don't think there is any union in the world that would let such a cruel thing like that to be done...

It's just like if you get fire. People get fire every day. Why should it be different to hockey players, it's call being in the same world.
 

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C-Saku Koivu MTL said:
It's just like if you get fire. People get fire every day. Why should it be different to hockey players, it's call being in the same world.
Athletes get time-set contracts. Most people hired otherwise, don't have the security of having a time set, and can be fired.
 

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Nope. While I'm pro-management, this rule would totally suck. First of all, for the players involved. They signed the contract (assuming they've done their best to live up to the contract), they deserve the full term. I've always denounced players who asked to re-negotiate mid-term, it'd be hypocritical of me to support this.

Secondly, it sucks for the league. Allowing "escape" clauses like this just allows a team to go off, make terrible decisions, raise salaries along the way, then say "oops", and drop them. Teams knew the "new NHL" was coming, *TOUGH* if the contracts you signed put you in a bad spot. You shouldn't have signed them.
 

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C-Saku Koivu MTL said:
Like I tryed to highlight in my title, this is not anything I heard but just my own suggestion.

Would you guys like to see a rule that would aloud teams to release 1 or 2 players from their team with contract that they would not like anymore. They would have nothing to give to the players, no buyout, just release.

That would help some teams that have some very bad contracts to get under the cap. It would only be an exeption for this year, not every year. Like MTL could release Craig Rivet who has 3 mil$ for next year and 3.5 mil$ the other. A team like TOR to release Nolan and maybe Belfour, NYI-Yashin, NYR-Holik etc...
These players would become UFA(they like that don't they ;) )

It could count against the cap in some way or for others years to come. a little like the NFL does when a team release a player.

Now, that would be another BIG gave by the players to aloud this. What would it cost to the owners to get something like this from the players and Do you guys like the idea or would it be completly stupid.

Why? Horrible idea.
 

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C-Saku Koivu MTL said:
It's just like if you get fire. People get fire every day. Why should it be different to hockey players, it's call being in the same world.

People can also quit their jobs. Hockey players don't have that luxury.

The idea of a non-guaranteed contract is so grossly inequitable that without a CBA, any court in the country would throw it out in a second.
 

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It's a nice theory if you take the humanity and reality out of the discussion.

I think it would be very likely that there would be a waiver draft of sorts that would result from the salary cap casualties. For example, everyone would name their protected players under the cap, and everyone else would be exposed to a waiver style draft. Teams could claims players if they are under cap, including the exposing of a player to help them remain under cap with a signing. This would shakeup the league in many respects as you could see some of the low payroll teams pick up solid players, even though they may be above average contracts.

Maybe all players that are not claimed can remain with their existing teams, but there will be a luxury tax to phase in the hard cap. That way the rest of the league has a crack at the surplus of players on the high payroll teams, and if they want to pass, the top payroll teams can keep their roster at a higher rate. I'd only be worried about informal collusion among GM's as to who is truely "available".

Of course a major issue that still needs to be addressed is that there is a large majority of players that would play in the NHL that have no existing contract.
 

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I think it could be done...


Just grandfather it in....

all current contracts are to be honored.. but in future contracts make it an option for owners to offer contracts that can be terminated over the off season without having to pay a player or count it against the cap....

A team may only terminate one contract per off-season...


Kinda like a no-trade clause.. you get a cannot be cut clause..
 

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I would have to say this is asking way too much, first linkage now non-guarenteed contracts? The Maple Leafs were told by Bettman along with other teams to GET under the suggested salary or get close to it because its coming. If the teams didn't listen then thats their own problem. If I was a player I would basically say F that, especially when both sides are starting to get some negotiations going. People talk of how the players are trying to get loopholes out of this CBA, well this is a giant loophole for owners to get out of stupid contracts they give out. You gave out the contract you deal with it or BUY it out like you can do now. I think this idea is awful, no offense.
 

C-Saku Koivu MTL

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I never said non-garanty contract. Just an exeption for this season and this season only, not every year. But I agree, it would be huge from a players perspective. Some players will probably be ask to reconstruct their contract. That should be interresting to see the respond from the players involved.
 

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If the PA is foolish enough to give on this when they took so long to cave on a cap... so be it. But no, I'm not really for it. I'm fairly pro-management - but like Peca Fan, I think this is excessive. Players shouldn't be able to hold out during a current contract, and teams shouldn't be able to terminate current contracts.
 

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mattihp said:
I don't think there is any union in the world that would let such a cruel thing like that to be done...
Exactly

There's enough trouble with the cap, now start taking away guerenteed contracts (2 a year) ?
 

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It's a nice idea on paper and would allow some teams an out, But.....

I agree that if the team made the stupid decision, and keep in mind that my Isles would benefit greatly from this, (bye peca and Yash!!!!) they should have to live with it. It is totally unfair to the players, they will have to take a bigger cut in pay than even if 24 was still on the table. Most of the players we are talking about wouldn't get signed for half of what their current contracts are worth....Would you give Yashin 5 mil per right now?
 

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WHARF1940 said:
It's a nice idea on paper and would allow some teams an out, But.....

I agree that if the team made the stupid decision, and keep in mind that my Isles would benefit greatly from this, (bye peca and Yash!!!!) they should have to live with it. It is totally unfair to the players, they will have to take a bigger cut in pay than even if 24 was still on the table. Most of the players we are talking about wouldn't get signed for half of what their current contracts are worth....Would you give Yashin 5 mil per right now?
Nice Idea ??

If I am a NHL owner I would offer some big Star $ 1 mil the first season and $ 29 mil in the second to get under a hard cap.. and then after the first year was over simply release him and ... " NO HARM NO FOUL "" .

This idea should go right back on the cutting room floor .. IMO ..
 

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mattihp said:
I don't think there is any union in the world that would let such a cruel thing like that to be done...

Howabout - the NFLPA.
 
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