I thought the primary benefits of the signing bonus versus salary were that it was immune from escrow and provided protection against a buyout.
Why would anyone be concerned about a lockout with a HHOF commissioner in charge?
I thought the primary benefits of the signing bonus versus salary were that it was immune from escrow and provided protection against a buyout.
Why would anyone be concerned about a lockout with a HHOF commissioner in charge?
Last edited by hokiecat; July 2nd, 2018 at 07:45 AM.
Good. I haven't seen the details about how salary is spread across years, but the report I saw said (only) $20m of the $88 was signing bonuses. If it is all in the potential lockout years then he's is fine. If not he may have made a mistake.
There was an interesting conversation between Frank Provenzano (former Dallas AGM) and Jim Nice (CAA agent) on Custance's podcast last week and Nice was talking about how for the top players the salaries are all based on percentage of the cap. It makes me think that we should see all the CAA players waiting to resign until the cap is announced since a bump of say $4m in a year could mean something like an additional $400-500k for a player per year. If so, Drew may have left some money on the table by signing early.
Y'all are making it sound like a lockout is all but guaranteed.
What gives you that idea?
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Looks like it's not a full NMC, there would be a list of 7 teams.
https://twitter.com/mayorNHL/status/1013609272427462656
Just watched an interview with Dean Lombardi who said he almost got fired because he told the Kings Owner that he didn't want Kovy. He said thank god he went to New Jersey because LA would never win with Kovy. So we shall see what LA can do with Kovy now. Will Dean be right?
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