Category: Getting to Know the CBA

Getting to Know the CBA - Episode 12: Articles 18 & 18-A: Supplementary Discipline for On-Ice Conduct & Commissioner Discipline for Off-Ice Conduct

By J.J. FromKansas | Aug 30th 2013 | 7 min read |

Two articles in one today, as we dig into the NHL’s supplementary discipline policy. Let’s rock. You can find the entire CBA here (PDF) Ar...

Getting to Know the CBA - Episode 11: Article 17 - Grievances, Arbitration, Impartial Arbitrator

By J.J. FromKansas | Aug 23rd 2013 | 6 min read |

If you’ve read every episode of Getting to Know the CBA so far, congratulations, you’ve covered 129 PDF pages and 109 printed pages of the...

Getting to Know the CBA - Episode 10: Article 16 - Schedules, Rosters, Reserve Lists, Practice Sessions

By J.J. FromKansas | Aug 16th 2013 | 8 min read |

As our Getting to Know the CBA series rolls on, we find ourselves in Article 16. We’ve got eight pages and 15 subsections in this article to cov...

Getting to Know the CBA - Episode 9: Article 15 & Training Camps

By J.J. FromKansas | Aug 9th 2013 | 8 min read |

Last week we covered transfer payments in the NHL CBA, which lays out how a player can be compensated for expenses he incurs while being moved between...

Getting to Know the CBA - Episode 8: Article 14 & Transfer Payments

By J.J. FromKansas | Aug 2nd 2013 | 7 min read |

Last week we covered waiver procedures in the NHL CBA to clarify how, when, and why a player could be sent to the minors or bought out/eliminated from...

Getting to Know the CBA - Episode 7: Waivers

By J.J. FromKansas | Jul 26th 2013 | 10 min read |

Continuing on our eventually-but-not-for-a-long-time ending quest to get through the NHL’s CBA, we jump back up to the meat of the document itse...

Getting to Know the CBA - Episode 6: The Standard Player's Contract

By J.J. FromKansas | Jul 19th 2013 | 12 min read |

This time, we’re going to jump a bit down the CBA to cover the contract that we just finished covering the rules for. Article 11 lays out the ru...

NHL CBA Quirk Theater Entry-Level Deals and Arbitration

By J.J. FromKansas | Jul 12th 2013 | 7 min read |

As we look at the CBA, it can sometimes get lost in the details where some sections overlap to create rules that only realistically apply to a few pla...

Getting to Know the CBA - Episode 5: Arbitration

By J.J. FromKansas | Jul 12th 2013 | 10 min read |

I was all set to skip down to exploring Exhibit 1 and the Standard Player’s Contract and then Brendan Smith happened. We’ll get down to th...

NHL Free Agency 2013: Daniel Alfredsson and the Over-35 Bonus Cushion

By J.J. FromKansas | Jul 8th 2013 | 4 min read |

In the days since former Senator Daniel Alfredsson signed with the Red Wings, we’ve discussed elements of his contract structure piecemeal, but ...