New CBA - UFA rules?

[Kafka]

Since the new CBA isn't available on the NHLPA website, I will ask my question here.

Luongo was born in April '79. He could hypotheticly be an UFA at the end of the 06-07 season, at 27 years old.

Isn't the UFA rule set at 26 years old????

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[kdb209]

Since the new CBA isn't available on the NHLPA website, I will ask my question here.

Luongo was born in April '79. He could hypotheticly be an UFA at the end of the 06-07 season, at 27 years old.

Isn't the UFA rule set at 26 years old????

The UFA age drops from 31 to 27:
2005: 31
2006: 29 (or 8 accrued seasons)
2007: 28 (or 7 accrued seasons)
2008: 27 (or 7 accrued seasons)

From the NHL FAQ: http://www.nhl.com/nhlhq/cba/index.html

FREE AGENCY

How will Free Agency work?

Unrestricted Free Agency - For the 2005-06 season, a player age 31 with four accrued seasons will be an unrestricted free agent; in 2006-07, a player age 29 with four accrued seasons or with eight accrued seasons; in 2007-08, a player age 28 with four accrued seasons or with seven accrued seasons; beginning in 2008-09 and for the duration of the agreement, a player age 27 with four accrued seasons or with seven accrued seasons will be an unrestricted free agent. For purposes of qualifying for unrestricted free agency, the 2004-05 cancelled season will be counted as a year of accrued service.

Note: An "accrued season" is 40+ NHL games.