Category: Getting to Know the CBA

Salary Cap Recapture and Buyouts

By J.J. FromKansas | Apr 26th 2016 | 6 min read |

Yesterday, we covered the remaining salary cap recapture for the three Red Wings contracts which are eligible for such punitive measures in the event ...

Red Wings Cap Recapture Penalties: Zetterberg, Kronwall, and Franzen's Cap Recapture Formula

By J.J. FromKansas | Apr 25th 2016 | 8 min read |

When the 2012 lockout murdered half a season of hockey (and stole from us even more games from Pavel Datsyuk’s career), one of the big changes t...

Getting to Know the CBA: Paying Players to Not Play

By J.J. FromKansas | Jul 17th 2015 | 6 min read |

Due to persistent rumors this summer about the Red Wings potentially bringing Dan Cleary back despite Ken Holland having told him he isn’t going...

Anthony Mantha Probably Won't Play More Than 9 NHL Games in 2014-2015

By Kyle M | Sep 17th 2014 | 3 min read |

Did your heart drop reading the headline? I’m sure most of you think “they would be pretty stupid to not bring the kid who scored over 100...

Getting to Know the CBA Episode 19: Articles 28-30

By J.J. FromKansas | Nov 8th 2013 | 5 min read |

Last we dove into the contract between the NHL and NHLPA which dictates the entire relationship between the ownership and labor in our favorite sport,...

Getting to Know the CBA Episode 18: Article 26

By J.J. FromKansas | Oct 29th 2013 | 8 min read |

When we last did one of these, we got a two-fer, as we looked at articles 24 and 25. Today we’re only going to go over one article and it’...

Getting to Know the CBA - Episode 17: Articles 24 & 25 - International Hockey, Endorsements, Sponsorships, Licensing

By J.J. FromKansas | Oct 9th 2013 | 5 min read |

Editor’s Note – Now that the season has started, these will be a little more sporadic. I’m going to try to do one per week still, bu...

Getting to Know the CBA - Episode 16: Article 23 - Insurance Coverages

By J.J. FromKansas | Sep 28th 2013 | 7 min read |

After last week’s relatively short episode on the Competition Committee, we’ve got another article that only goes over a few pages. This t...

Getting to Know the CBA - Episode 15: Article 22 - Competition Committee

By J.J. FromKansas | Sep 21st 2013 | 4 min read |

Short article this week. It’s a marathon, not a sprint. You can find the entire CBA here (PDF) Article 22: Competition Committee You might not b...

Getting to Know the CBA - Episode 13: Articles 19 & 20: Per Diem Allowance, Expense Reimbursement, & Game Tickets

By J.J. FromKansas | Sep 6th 2013 | 4 min read |

Two articles taking up a total of three pages make up a relatively short week for Getting to Know the CBA this time around. You can find the entire CB...