Is there anything in the CBA about bonuses, or are we still ducked on that front?
Potential CBA modifications emerging as NHL/NHLPA continue negotiations - Sportsnet.ca
There are some interesting modifications:
• No-move and no-trade clauses now travel with a player who has agreed to lift one, even if they haven’t kicked in (previously, the acquiring team had to agree).
• Players aged 35 and over can sign multi-year deals that are flat or ascending and there will be no cap hit if they retire before the deal is up (previously, the cap hit stayed no matter what).
• Year-by-year variability: six-year contracts that are front-loaded and worth at least 7.5 per cent of the cap cannot exceed 35 per cent between the highest and lowest salary amounts. Rules for other contracts remain the same (I’ve heard players and teams will consider back-loading new contracts because escrow is capped at a lower number and cash flow should improve for clubs).
• No changes to signing bonuses
*There are no more conditional picks in trades based on a player re-signing with the acquiring team. For example, the New Jersey Devils’ current third-rounder from Arizona in the Taylor Hall deal upgrades if he re-signs with the Coyotes. Agents and NHLPA staff felt it hurt players’ value.
Or Askarov could play his whole career in the KHL, or Askarov could develop into a good NHL backup, or he could become a legit starter in the NHL by 2026.Lindy Ruff has always been a pretty good coach & should really help NJ take that next step. NJ along with Ottawa also has three 1st rd picks & are in a position to get three very good players including Askarov who could turn into a superstar for them.
All possible, but he is ranked just behind the top 10 in a very good deep draft for a reason & rated as the best goalie prospect since Price. It's far more likely he becomes a pretty good starter in the NHL, some team will take him & a number of teams ranked 7th to 13th could all use a future superstar goalie including Ottawa. It won't surprise me to see NJ take him at 7th or 1oth OA.Or Askarov could play his whole career in the KHL, or Askarov could develop into a good NHL backup, or he could become a legit starter in the NHL by 2026.
Let me put it this way, if you offered me the 13th pick in this draft or Carey Price’s career from 2005 on I would likely take the 13th pick even knowing what I would get for the next 15 years.All possible, but he is ranked just behind the top 10 in a very good deep draft for a reason & rated as the best goalie prospect since Price. It's far more likely he becomes a pretty good starter in the NHL, some team will take him & a number of teams ranked 7th t0 13th could all use a future superstar goalie including Ottawa. It won't surprise me to see NJ take him at 7th or 1oth OA.
Let me put it this way, if you offered me the 13th pick in this draft or Carey Price’s career from 2005 on I would likely take the 13th pick even knowing what I would get for the next 15 years.
Not a Carey Price fan ... noted. I think if the Habs would have built a bigger tougher team instead of a small speedy soft team they may have gone somewhere, but can never get quite good enough to get very far. They always over sell & under deliver, similar to the Sens a number of yrs ago.Let me put it this way, if you offered me the 13th pick in this draft or Carey Price’s career from 2005 on I would likely take the 13th pick even knowing what I would get for the next 15 years.
IMO no goalies is worth over 10% of the cap which is where Price has been on his last 2 contracts. There is such minimal difference in value from average to elite NHL goalies that I consider the cost absurd.Not a Carey Price fan ... noted. I think if the Habs would have built a bigger tougher team instead of a small speedy soft team they may have gone somewhere, but can never get quite good enough to get very far. They always over sell & under deliver, similar to the Sens a number of yrs ago.
Not a Carey Price fan ... noted. I think if the Habs would have built a bigger tougher team instead of a small speedy soft team they may have gone somewhere, but can never get quite good enough to get very far. They always over sell & under deliver, similar to the Sens a number of yrs ago.
To be fair, Price averaged about 9% of the Cap from 2012-2018, getting closer to the 8% mark towards the end that period, while from 2005-2012 he was on an entry level for 3 years and getting paid like 4% of the cap for his bridge contract. So for the majority of his tenure he was either severely underpaid, or I'd say below his value. And those where the competitive Cup runs. I'd say Price's Cap history actually shows the ideal way to manage superstars, while they should've possibly done the EK and offered him 8x8 and traded him to a sucker after to sign him to that monstrosity instead.IMO no goalies is worth over 10% of the cap which is where Price has been on his last 2 contracts. There is such minimal difference in value from average to elite NHL goalies that I consider the cost absurd.
Montreal's biggest issue throughout the Price era was a lack of a 1C.
Montreal has always liked small speedy soft little players & it has cost them time & time again. Centre has also been a position of weakness, especially a big centre, but Price was considered the best goalie in the league for a while. It's Montreal management's fault they didn't put together a better team in front of him, it's why they acquired Webber to get bigger & tougher. Also this need to acquire francophone players like Drouin has hurt them. We don't have to look far to see how not to build a team.