[News] 4 year CBA Ratified. MOU released

[Goriders]

Might as well not have a trade deadline unless it’s for depth filler guys.

[Goriders]

Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse

Endorsing Cannabis (including CBD) or Tobacco is a no-no under the new CBA but gambling is A-OK?

Ridiculous.

Guess some addictions are better than others.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse

Endorsing Cannabis (including CBD) or Tobacco is a no-no under the new CBA but gambling is A-OK?

Ridiculous.

Originally Posted by Goriders

Guess some addictions are better than others.

The league isn't about to forbid its players to shill for one of its major revenue sources. They're not allowed to have that addiction themselves – only to profit from it in other people.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by heep223

Whoa I’m surprised they’re implementing the playoff salary cap this season. That’s fantastic

Yes. I love this plan. I'm excited to be a part of it!

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by Goriders

Might as well not have a trade deadline unless it’s for depth filler guys.

It will be extremely difficult for contending teams to bring in guys earning big salaries ($5 mil or more) at the deadline. In the NHL today, the lion’s share of veterans with significant cap hits have trade protection, and cannot be readily sent back as cap dumps.

With less flexibility, we’ll see a reduction in deadline deals, and probably in-season trades as well. Teams will want to have their roster set for opening night, so the trend towards player movement being confined to a narrow window around the draft and July 1 will accelerate.

This in turn will put pressure on teams to either extend pending UFAs, or deal them in the summer. ‘Wait and see’ will become a risky strategy for GMs.

[I-Hate-Hulse]

Originally Posted by Goriders

Guess some addictions are better than others.

OnlyFans is still fair game. Are we missing any other vices?

[Sidney Crosby's Hat]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

It will be extremely difficult for contending teams to bring in guys earning big salaries ($5 mil or more) at the deadline. In the NHL today, the lion’s share of veterans with significant cap hits have trade protection, and cannot be readily sent back as cap dumps.

With less flexibility, we’ll see a reduction in deadline deals, and probably in-season trades as well. Teams will want to have their roster set for opening night, so the trend towards player movement being confined to a narrow window around the draft and July 1 will accelerate.

This in turn will put pressure on teams to either extend pending UFAs, or deal them in the summer. ‘Wait and see’ will become a risky strategy for GMs.

That will be the case maybe this year and next year but after that, as the cap starts to rise substantially, the market is really going to shift.

There will be less teams up against the cap as teams have internal budgets more often. Those teams will become teams that weaponize their cap space at the deadline or even earlier in the season. Probably less so with retention in this CBA, but they could end up taking other teams' junk more readily.