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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
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I just CTL+F'd through the MOU for the words 'bonus' and then 'escrow' and I have no idea where Sporting News sees that...I can't imagine they invented it, but Sporting News was also reporting the courting period still existed...
This jumped out to me (and to be fair was also quoted in the SN article you linked):
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An amount equal to ten (10) percent of each Player’s 2020/21 Paragraph 1 NHL Salary plus Signing Bonus (but, for clarity, not including Roster, Reporting and Performance Bonuses) shall be “deferred” (the “20-21 Deferred Salary”)
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Signing bonuses were included in the deferred salary. Everything I've ever read says that everything (including buyouts, bonuses) is subject except to escrow except AHL salaries.
In practical terms it wouldn't make any sense to exclude signing bonuses - it would make for a totally wonky calculation, especially when the 50/50 split was annual.