[calgaryblood]

http://blogs.theprovince.com/2016/03...ctual-mistake/

Not a lot has gone right for the Canucks recently. You can add Nikita Tryamkin’s contract to that list.

The Canucks tried to sign him earlier than they did, but to a three-year-deal. It was a contract that was rejected by the NHL because it was not in accordance with CBA rules.

The NHL subsequently sent out an email blast to the league that wasn’t exactly flattering for Canucks management.

The email was sent to Benning, but all the league’s GMs and AGMs were CC’d.

In it, the NHL pointed out that Tryamkin’s date of birth is August, 30 1994, and by CBA rules it means he’s 22 years old. Players who are 22- or 23-years-old are to be signed to two-year entry level deals, not three.

Simply, age, as assigned by the CBA, is the player’s age on September 15 of the calendar year in which he signs a contract.

Or just maybe by the time Benning finished writing the contract Tryamkin had aged a year?