Category: CBA

Schenn to AHL on conditioning loan? Hmm.

By Daws Butler | Nov 17th 2010 | 3 min read |

Disclaimer: half-baked thoughts to follow. I’m really not sure what I think about this, nor do I know if any other team’s have sent junior...

Told You So 2.0 (WARNING: Kovalchuk content)

By Daws Butler | Sep 13th 2010 | 2 min read |

$3MM fine, no cap penalty, loss of 2011 3rd round pick, loss of 1st round pick in one of 2011-2014, Lou’s choice. Surprised? No. Like I said: Ab...

Secret Amendment to Article 1: "Shall" now means "might"

By Daws Butler | Sep 4th 2010 | 5 min read |

CBA – Article 26.13 (c) In the event that the System Arbitrator finds that a Circumvention has been committed by a Club or a Club Actor, the Com...

Are the league and the NHLPA circumventing the CBA? (hint: if the reports are true, the answer is yes)

By Daws Butler | Sep 1st 2010 | 6 min read |

Here’s our old friend, the Collective Bargaining Agreement: 26.4 Circumvention by NHL or NHLPA. It shall be a Circumvention for the NHLPA or the...

Kovalchuk extension, and I think I know why

By Daws Butler | Sep 1st 2010 | 3 min read |

And with that, the Kovalchuk saga officially stretches from July 4 to Labor Day. Bettman, Fehr may work to solve Kovy deal – sportsnet.caCan NHL...