CBA Question: Would a 2000 draftee be limited to new entry level contract money?

[Enstrom39]

If a player was drafted in 2000 and has never signed a NHL deal (Russian player) could he sign an old rookie contract with big incentives or could he only be offered the new rookie contract with league stipulated incentives.

Also anyone know what the entry level money limit is for a 2nd rounder under the current CBA?

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[mooseOAK*]

He would be 25 or older and would not be subject to any entry level contract rules, UFA.

25 and older:

No required number of years, not in the Entry Level
System and not subject to limits on compensation

 

[Ted Hoffman]

If a player was drafted in 2000 and has never signed a NHL deal (Russian player) could he sign an old rookie contract with big incentives or could he only be offered the new rookie contract with league stipulated incentives.

Unless he's 25 or older for ELC purposes (in which case he wouldn't be subject to the maximum salary/bonus constraints of Article 9), he could only get whatever the allowable maximum salary was for 2000 draftees, plus the maximum $850,000 in Schedule A bonuses and $2 million in Schedule B bonuses. (I don't have that max. salary for 2000 draftees available off hand, someone may beat me to this.)

If he's 25 or older for ELC purposes (which I think everyone from 2000 and before would be at this point), then it's whatever the offering team wants to give him, subject to the league min/max constraints.

Also anyone know what the entry level money limit is for a 2nd rounder under the current CBA?

It doesn't matter what round the player was drafted - it only matters what year he was drafted.

 

[Enstrom39]

thanks for the info.

 

[LadyStanley]

Section 9.1 (c) indicates that an European player is subject to ELS for one year at ages 25-27. If older than 28, no ELS restrictions apply.


I can't find it by quick skimming, but there was a section of the new CBA that required teams to sign their drafted Europeans within two years, and instituted a "catch up" rule for those drafted prior to 2003 (which has lapsed so that all Europeans now are subject to the two year rule).

 

[Ted Hoffman]

Err ...... kdb, you're officially in charge of stuff like this from here on out.

 

[kdb209]

Err ...... kdb, you're officially in charge of stuff like this from here on out.

You called.

He would be a UFA, but still subject to the ELS limits of the old expired CBA for 1 year.

n. "Defected" Players. Any Player who met the qualifications for "defected" status
as per the terms of, and as of the date of expiration of, the Expired CBA shall
remain "defected" for a defined period of time, following which the Player shall
become free of the exclusive negotiating rights of his drafting Club and shall be
eligible to enter the League as an Unrestricted Free Agent. The "defected" status
of Players selected in the 2002 Entry Draft, or prior, shall expire as of June 1,
2006. The "defected" status of Players selected in the 2003 Entry Draft shall
expire as of June 1, 2007. The "defected" status of Players selected in the 2004
Entry Draft shall expire as of June 1, 2008. Any Player who remains an Unsigned
Draft Choice at the time his "defected" status expires in accordance with this
paragraph shall be subject to having to enter the League through the Entry Level
System in accordance with the provisions of Article 9 of the Expired CBA,
including without limitation, the salary scale set forth therein, following
application of the 24 percent rollback as provided for in Paragraph 1(a) above,
provided, however, that such Players shall, at a minimum, be required to sign a
one-year Entry Level SPC to enter the League, regardless of the Player's age at
the time the SPC is signed and, provided further, the Player may negotiate for
Performance Bonuses only as permitted by the rules set forth in Article 9 and
Exhibit 5 of this Agreement governing Entry Level Performance Bonuses, and as
allowed under Article 50 of this Agreement.