NHL Rejects Kovalchuk contract For salary cap circumvention
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ts1227
I'm interested to see how this turns out.
I would think if they fought it, the NHL would lose.
If the contract did not outright violate the CBA and simply exploited a loophole (which appears to be the case), would the NHL's stoppage hold up in court? -
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I could see the NHL winning this in court.
Ever since Detroit's GM Ken Holland signed Zetterberg and Franzen to long term deals, a couple of GM's went that route. Hossa signed for 12 years same as Loungo and the NHL didn't fight those (that I know of). So who knows how this will turn out. -
TedSheckler
It's about time the NHL shut these kind of deals down. Don't forget Pronger. He has one of these deals. -
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The 7yr-35mil deal? I don't remember if he was 35+ when he signed it though.
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ts1227
Arbitrator sided with the NHL, deal is dead.
http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nhl/news/story?id=5450174 -
TedSheckler
Good news.
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Can't say I'm suprised.
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rock_knutne
I am.The_Crosby_Show;447451 wrote:Can't say I'm suprised.
I agree with ts1227, if the NHL doesn't have specific language in place for their salary cap procedures in the CBA outlawing these type of contracts, the NJ Devils organization has a case they could easily win in court. Although, I doubt they take it that far. -
TedSheckler
They do have that type of language in the CBA, that's why the judge sided with them. This was obvious circumvention of the salary cap.rock_knutne;448004 wrote:I am.
I agree with ts1227, if the NHL doesn't have specific language in place for their salary cap procedures in the CBA outlawing these type of contracts, the NJ Devils organization has a case they could easily win in court. Although, I doubt they take it that far.