This is really interesting.
I'm thinking it's more a benefit for teams, since they hold a player's rights for an extra year.
http://www.calgarysun.com/2015/09/16...ames-prospects
In an amazing world, three is actually four.
And we’re not talking about a sale price on Goodyear tires.
That world is the NHL’s collective bargaining agreement and all its funky quirks, one of which is affecting the Calgary Flames regarding Emile Poirier and his entry-level contract and may very well come into play again with the recently signed Rasmus Andersson.
Although Poirier spent all of last season in the professional ranks — skating in 55 AHL games, in which he scored 19 goals, and another six NHL clashes — it didn’t use up the first year of his standard NHL contract.
That’s right — the 20-year-old who was one of the club’s 2013 first-round draft choices essentially still has all three years remaining on his deal with the Flames and won’t be a restricted free agent until after the ’17-18 season.
It’s all there in black and white in the Article 9.1 of the CBA.
Poirier celebrated his 19th birthday the same year he was drafted and signed on Dec. 31, 2013. He spent the ’13-14 season in the junior ranks and turned pro last season. However, since he didn’t play in 10 NHL games in the ’14-15 campaign, the first year of his contract slides to this coming season.
It could be the same case for Andersson, the second-round draft pick defenceman, whose 19th birthday will be next month and signed his first contract Monday amidst a very strong performance during the Young Stars Classic.
Provided Andersson plays the coming season in the OHL with the Barrie Colts, or at least skates in nine or fewer NHL games, and again doesn’t reach 10 NHL games during the ’16-17 campaign, his deal will also slide an extra year.
Another Flames player signed to a three-year deal will actually go through four pro seasons before becoming a potential restricted free agent, Patrick Sieloff, although his case is different. Long story short, Sieloff, drafted out of the U.S. Development Team, turned pro in ’13-14 but played only two AHL games before missing almost the whole season due to injury. He’s due to become an RFA after the ’16-17 season, and that extra year may be a good thing for him, giving him an extra year to develop before the Flames have to make a decision whether to keep him in the organization.
Quirk with Poirier's contract
