Hey Everyone,
So that other league is back in action. That means next year we will have a lock out until January 19th, 2014.
Hahaha, no.
Anywyas, so the new CBA is pretty much in place. What does it mean for BFHL? Well were certainly going to ttry and adopt as much as we can that makes sense.
Here's a pretty decent summary of some key items wer are going to try and consider. Click here for source, see snippet below. Ivan has given a rough indication of where were currently at. Everything is open for discussion so feel free to comment.
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Also Monday, the NHL Players' Association sent agents a list of some of the changes to the collective-bargaining agreement.
It details how the league's minimum salary will rise from $525,000 to $750,000 over the course of the 10-year deal.
Other issues that caught agents' attention: Teams can now trade a player and retain some of the salary cap hit, a significant change, particularly for teams that previously had players who seemed next-to-impossible to trade because of high salaries.
For example, the Montreal Canadiens might have been able to trade Scott Gomez if an interested team only had to pick up a portion of his salary.
The rule allows for 50% of a salary to be retained, and teams can make three of those moves in a season.
Another important rule change is that it is no longer possible to bury a player with an undesirable salary in the minor leagues as the New York Rangers have been doing with Wade Redden. Starting in 2012-13, players in the minors who earn more than $900,000 will count against the [edit: pro] salary cap.
| Category | Detail |
| 2012-13 payroll range | Upper, $70.2M, lower, $44M [BFHL to follow NHL] |
| 2013-14 payroll range | Upper, $64.3M, lower, $44M [BFHL to follow NHL] |
| 2014-15 and beyond | Range would be +/- 15% ofthe adjusted midpoint. Upper limit can't drop below $64.3M [BFHL to follow NHL] |
| Lower limit | Teams can't useperformance bonuses to reach lower limit [Irrelevant to BFHL] |
| Contract terms | 7 years, 8 if re-signingyour own restricted free agent, or 8 if re-signing own unrestrictedfree agent before July 1 [Irrelevant to BFHL - 4 years max] |
| Contract variability | Year-to-year is 35% offirst year. Top-to-bottom variability: Lowest year can't be less than50% of the highest year [Irrelevant to BFHL - Fixed contracts only] |
| Salary arbitrationwalkaway rights | Club may not walk awayfrom a salary arbitration award of less than $3.5M [Irrelevant to BFHL] |
| Minimum salaries | 2012-13: $525,000 [BFHL to follow NHL] |
| 2013-14 and 2014-15:$550,000 [BFHL to follow NHL] | |
| 2015-16 and 2016-17:$575,000 [BFHL to follow NHL] | |
| 2017-18 and 2018-19:$650,000 [BFHL to follow NHL] | |
| 2018-19 and 2020-21:$700,000 [BFHL to follow NHL] | |
| 2021-22: $750,000 [BFHL to follow NHL] | |
| Playoff pool | 2012-13 and 2013-14: $13M [Irrelevant to BFHL] |
| 2014-15 and 2015-16: $14M [Irrelevant to BFHL] | |
| 2016-17 and 2017-18: $15M [Irrelevant to BFHL] | |
| 2018-19 and 2019-20: $16M [Irrelevant to BFHL] | |
| 2020-21 and 2021-22: $17M [Irrelevant to BFHL] | |
| Retaining salary/cap hitin a trade | Clubs may retainsalary/cap hit in a trade under the following conditions: 1. Clubs myhave up to three contracts in a league year when the salary/cap hit isretained. 2. Clubs may retain an aggregate cap hit up to 15% of theupper limit. 3. 50% of a contract can be traded by salary/cap hitretained [To discuss but BFHL wants to follow NHL if possible] |
| Money in the minors | The cap hit of a one-waycontract in in the minors/Europe in excess of the minimum salary plus$375,000 shall count against a team's upper limit [To discuss but BFHL wants to follow NHL if possible] |
| Compliance buyouts | Clubs can exercise up totwo during 2013-14 and/or 2014-15 buyout period. It doesn't countagainst the cap but does against the players' share [Irrelevant to BFHL, as we already have buyout option already] |