According to the CBA (50.2.c)
There are very strict standards, however, would it be possible use to the last section (the highlighted section) as an end around for Team based performance bonuses? For example, a "reporting bonus" for "game 1 of the SCF" or "Team Stanley Cup Parade activity"
(C) "Performance Bonuses."
(1) "Performance Bonuses" means any Bonuses set
forth in a Player's SPC, the payment of which is
contingent on the Player's achievement of some
agreed-upon benchmark(s) related to his
performance as a Player or his Club's performance
during a particular League Year.
(2) Performance Bonuses shall be allowable under this
Agreement only for:
(i) Players with Entry Level SPCs under
Article 9 of this Agreement;
(ii) Players aged 35 or older as of June
30 prior to the League Year in which the SPC is to
be effective, who have signed a one-year SPC for
that League Year; and
(iii) Players who are "400-plus game
Players" for pension purposes, and who: (i) in the
last year of their most recent SPC, spent 100 days or
more on the injured reserve list; and (ii) have signed
a one-year SPC for the current or upcoming League
Year.
As to paragraphs (C)(2)(ii) and (C)(2)(iii), such Players are not
limited in the length of an SPC they may sign, but in the event any
such Player signs an SPC with a term of longer than one (1) year,
the SPC shall not be permitted to contain Performance Bonuses.
No Players other than those falling into one of the abovenumerated
categories set forth in this paragraph (C)(2) shall be
permitted to receive Performance Bonuses of any kind.
(ii) No bonuses other than those set forth in subsection (i) above shall
be permitted to be earned by or paid to any Players. No Player
other than a Player listed in paragraph (C)(2) above may receive a
bonus of any type other than a Signing Bonus, Reporting Bonus, or
Roster Bonus.
There are very strict standards, however, would it be possible use to the last section (the highlighted section) as an end around for Team based performance bonuses? For example, a "reporting bonus" for "game 1 of the SCF" or "Team Stanley Cup Parade activity"