RangerBoy
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"There was healthy dialogue, and progress continued to be made on many operational issues relating to a new collective bargaining agreement, said NHL Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer Bill Daly
Operational issues?
The NHLPA is pushing for the NHL to honor the 2004-05 contracts
Should the NHLPA succeed in having last year's contracts included in a new deal, it would almost certainly include a one-time provision that would allow teams to buy out two players on the roster and not have the buyouts count against the salary cap.
The team would then be able to re-sign the players at a reduced rate and only that salary would count against the cap, or they could simply allow the player to become an unrestricted free agent.
Dispersal draft
There's also talk of a dispersal draft that would allow teams such as the Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings and Philadelphia Flyers, who already have far more committed in salaries than would be allowed under any salary cap scenario. The teams would be able to make enough players available to get them under the cap and teams that need to reach the cap floor would then have the opportunity to select players made available. There is also talk that if that happened, perhaps only half of their salaries would count against the cap.
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Co...64&t=TS_Home&DPL=IvsNDS/7ChAX&tacodalogin=yes
Under discussion are several key issues, especially how the league will make the transition from the old system into the new. This includes how teams that are over the agreed cap number will get under the cap (via buyouts or restructured contracts) and what rights there are for unsigned players from the 2003 draft class, who, technically, are unrestricted free agents, according to the previous CBA
http://www.newsday.com/sports/hocke...jun11,0,648515.story?coll=ny-hockey-headlines
Still don't think the NHL will honor the 2004-05 contracts but that one time provision of buying out two roster players and not having the buyouts count against the cap should be included in the new CBA
That dispersal draft talk again
It seems they are dealing with what will be in the cap and not how much the cap will be
Operational issues?
The NHLPA is pushing for the NHL to honor the 2004-05 contracts
Should the NHLPA succeed in having last year's contracts included in a new deal, it would almost certainly include a one-time provision that would allow teams to buy out two players on the roster and not have the buyouts count against the salary cap.
The team would then be able to re-sign the players at a reduced rate and only that salary would count against the cap, or they could simply allow the player to become an unrestricted free agent.
Dispersal draft
There's also talk of a dispersal draft that would allow teams such as the Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings and Philadelphia Flyers, who already have far more committed in salaries than would be allowed under any salary cap scenario. The teams would be able to make enough players available to get them under the cap and teams that need to reach the cap floor would then have the opportunity to select players made available. There is also talk that if that happened, perhaps only half of their salaries would count against the cap.
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Co...64&t=TS_Home&DPL=IvsNDS/7ChAX&tacodalogin=yes
Under discussion are several key issues, especially how the league will make the transition from the old system into the new. This includes how teams that are over the agreed cap number will get under the cap (via buyouts or restructured contracts) and what rights there are for unsigned players from the 2003 draft class, who, technically, are unrestricted free agents, according to the previous CBA
http://www.newsday.com/sports/hocke...jun11,0,648515.story?coll=ny-hockey-headlines
Still don't think the NHL will honor the 2004-05 contracts but that one time provision of buying out two roster players and not having the buyouts count against the cap should be included in the new CBA
That dispersal draft talk again
It seems they are dealing with what will be in the cap and not how much the cap will be