1980-2004 min/max salaries

[AnyKeyz]

Hi there,

I am looking everywhere trying to find the following data :

The minimum salary, minimum rookie salary, maximum rookie salary, for each season between 1980 and 2004.

Any body knows where I can find those informations ?

Many thanks

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[LadyStanley]

http://hfboards.com/showpost.php?p=31861211

(Always check the stickied threads )

 

[AnyKeyz]

I know those website and none is providing the info I asked for

 

[danishh]

you'll have to find copies of old CBAs. Good luck with that.

 

[kdb209]

you'll have to find copies of old CBAs. Good luck with that.

I have a copy of the pre-lockout (1995) CBA and somewhere (on another computer) I have a copy of the 1992 one.

11.5. NHL Minimum Compensation.
(a) Except with respect to Try-Out Contracts, no Player Contract shall provide for
Compensation of less than the following:

(i) For each of the 1994/95, 1995/96, 1996/97 and 1997/98 Seasons:
$125,000 if the player plays in the NHL and the greater of $25,000 or the minimum minor league salary
if the player plays in the Minors.

(ii) For each of the 1998/99, 1999/00 and 2000/01 Seasons: $150,000 if the player
plays in the NHL and the greater of $25,000 or the minimum minor league salary if the player plays in
the Minors.

(iii) For the 2001/02 Season: $165,000 if the player plays in the NHL and the greater
of $30,000 or the minimum minor league salary if the player plays in the Minors.

(iv) For the 2002/03 Season: $175,000 if the player plays in the NHL and the greater
of $30,000 or the minor league salary if the player plays in the Minors.

(v) For the 2003/04 Season: $180,000 if the player plays in the NHL and the greater
of $30,000 or the minor league salary if the player plays in the Minors.

(vi) For the 2004/05 Season: $185,000 if the player plays in the NHL and the greater
of $30,000 or the minor league salary if the player plays in the Minors.​

There was no maximum salary except for ELS contracts.

9.3. Compensation Limits.

(a) The maximum annual Compensation, including any bonuses for games played, permitted
to be paid to a Group I Player shall be as follows:

Draft Year
NHL Compensation
1995 US$ 850,000
1996 US$ 875,000
1997 US$ 925,000
1998 US$ 975,000
1999 US$1,025,000
2000 US$1,075,000
2001 US$1,130,000
2002 US$1,185,000
2003 US$1,240,000
2004 US$1,295,000

All amounts are the maximum annual amounts for each year of the player's first Player Contract. For
example, an 18 year old player drafted in 1995 and signing a Player Contract at the age of 19 must sign
a three year Player Contract, with a maximum Compensation of U.S. $850,000 per year.

(b) The aggregate of all Signing, Reporting and Roster Bonuses attributable to any League
Year to be paid to a Group I Player may not exceed 50% of the player's Compensation for such
League Year. Games played bonuses attributable to a League Year shall be included in Compensation
for that League Year at their full potential value (e.g., assuming all such bonuses are earned) and shall be
treated as Paragraph 1 Salary.

(c) For greater certainty, nothing contained in this Section 9.3 shall be deemed to limit the
amount permitted to be paid to any Group I Player in respect of any Exhibit 5 Performance Bonus(es).

(d) The provisions of this Article 9 (including without limitation, the minimum performance
levels specified on Exhibit 5) shall have no application to any player other than a player who is subject
to the Entry Level System in accordance with this Article 9

Once agents realized that 9.3(c) could be exploited, it made the Rookie Cap almost meaningless.