Confirmed Signing with Link: [CGY] F Sam Morton signs with the Flames (1 year, $870k, two-way; begins 2024-25)

[MMC]

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[Mrfenn92]

Congrats to him

 

[Some Other Flame]

That's a hockey player for sure

 

[MMC]

 

[I am Canadian]

I mean it's a minor mistake but might be an indication of the competency of management

 

[Mrfenn92]

Seems like a management and agent failure

 

[Bounces R Way]

 

[uncleben]

So the last two times a team submitted a contract and they were denied, the NHL then penalized the team (NJD-Kovalchuk and TOR-Frogren) ***Self fact-check: NHL more recently rejected a SEA-Grubauer contract and didn't penalize them



Personally, I think it's stupid; Central Registry is specifically there to review contracts and say 'yes' or 'no', so to say, "no, and f*** you for making us do our job, here's your fine" is pretty dumb BUT I'm curious, with that understanding, if Calgary will be fined for this

 

[TheBeard]

No wonder the ELC got rejected.

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

No wonder the ELC got rejected.

LMAO. Before I clicked, I would have guessed that it wasn't allowed to be kicked to next season. When does that roll over? I'm assuming TDL?

 

[uncleben]

LMAO. Before I clicked, I would have guessed that it wasn't allowed to be kicked to next season. When does that roll over? I'm assuming TDL?

March 1

 

[Nanuuk]

Good signing by the Flames. We will see if it works out or not. The player played for former Flames scout and assistant coach with the Stockton Heat in Minnesota State.

Has one degree and is working on his Masters.

 

[Lunatik]

I mean it's a minor mistake but might be an indication of the competency of management

Why is it never about the competency of the agent that had their client sign an invalid contract?

 

[12ozPapa]

Unreal this happens in a professional sport

 

[Bubbles]

 

[Brodeur]

So the last two times a team submitted a contract and they were denied, the NHL then penalized the team (NJD-Kovalchuk and TOR-Frogren) ***Self fact-check: NHL more recently rejected a SEA-Grubauer contract and didn't penalize them

Personally, I think it's stupid; Central Registry is specifically there to review contracts and say 'yes' or 'no', so to say, "no, and f*** you for making us do our job, here's your fine" is pretty dumb BUT I'm curious, with that understanding, if Calgary will be fined for this

Mikkel Boedker had to sign a revised deal with the Sharks

So remember when we said Mikkel Boedker signed a four year deal with the Sharks worth $16 million dollars over four years? Well, that’s still technically true, but some cap shenanigans have now…

www.fearthefin.com

League also rejected the Sharks original contract with Mikkel Boedker due to the 35% variance rule that most people (including myself and apparently his agent+SJ) didn't know existed. Over the life of the contract, the year to year amount can't vary by more than 35% of the highest salaried year.

Boedker's original deal was 4 years for 16 million at 5 mil - 5 mil - 3 mil - 3 mil. The contract could only vary by 1.75 million (35% of 5 million), so the year 2 to 3 gap was more than was permitted. They redid the deal to be 5.2 mil - 4.8 mil - 3 mil - 3 mil. 35% of 5.2 mil allowed for a change of up to 1.82 million.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Why is it never about the competency of the agent that had their client sign an invalid contract?

There is a post a few before yours that addresses that

Generally though, the party who drafts the contract (employer) is seen as having more responsibility for its terms

 

[mouser]

Not the finest day for the Flames front office.

 

[Yorkshire Leaf]

You would have thought you could put the contract info into a fairly basic spreadsheet and it would tell you if it complied with the rules.

 

[Larry Hanson]

You would have thought you could put the contract info into a fairly basic spreadsheet and it would tell you if it complied with the rules.

Teams must be lining up for your services, tell us more about this basic spreadsheet you've got going.

 

[ijuka]

Teams must be lining up for your services, tell us more about this basic spreadsheet you've got going.

Pretty easy to set one up. Would take maybe 15 minutes, depending on the rule checks it has. It could then automatically display whether the contract is acceptable or not acceptable, and could have individual rule checks as well to show which one it doesn't fulfill.

Why are you pretending it's some alien technology that no one could possibly be capable of?

 

[Yorkshire Leaf]

Teams must be lining up for your services, tell us more about this basic spreadsheet you've got going.

Well entering his date of birth and date of the contract would have avoided this cock up.

Where do I send my invoice?

 

[Rpenny]

Seems like a management and agent failure

Agent. Teams prefer the under 24 rules

 

[SomeDude]

Agent. Teams prefer the under 24 rules

The agent doesn’t submit the contract to the league.

They both look stupid but the team looks more dumb for turning an invalid contract into the league.

I would certainly be asking my agent why they didn’t catch that, though.

 

[Lunatik]

Mikkel Boedker had to sign a revised deal with the Sharks

So remember when we said Mikkel Boedker signed a four year deal with the Sharks worth $16 million dollars over four years? Well, that’s still technically true, but some cap shenanigans have now…

www.fearthefin.com

League also rejected the Sharks original contract with Mikkel Boedker due to the 35% variance rule that most people (including myself and apparently his agent+SJ) didn't know existed. Over the life of the contract, the year to year amount can't vary by more than 35% of the highest salaried year.

Boedker's original deal was 4 years for 16 million at 5 mil - 5 mil - 3 mil - 3 mil. The contract could only vary by 1.75 million (35% of 5 million), so the year 2 to 3 gap was more than was permitted. They redid the deal to be 5.2 mil - 4.8 mil - 3 mil - 3 mil. 35% of 5.2 mil allowed for a change of up to 1.82 million.

and these are just the cases we hear about, I'm not naïve enough to think we even hear about half the rejected contracts.