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NHL Rejects Kovalchuk contract For salary cap circumvention

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Jul 21, 2010 1:07 AM
http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=328025

Ilya Kovalchuk had signed a 17yr-102mil dollar deal.
Jul 21, 2010 1:07am
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Jul 21, 2010 1:17 AM
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?
Jul 21, 2010 1:17am
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Jul 21, 2010 3:41 AM
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.
Jul 21, 2010 3:41am
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Jul 21, 2010 10:14 AM
It's about time the NHL shut these kind of deals down. Don't forget Pronger. He has one of these deals.
Jul 21, 2010 10:14am
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Jul 21, 2010 12:56 PM
The 7yr-35mil deal? I don't remember if he was 35+ when he signed it though.
Jul 21, 2010 12:56pm
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Aug 9, 2010 10:20 PM
Good news.
Aug 9, 2010 10:20pm
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Aug 10, 2010 1:44 PM
Can't say I'm suprised.
Aug 10, 2010 1:44pm
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Aug 10, 2010 11:01 PM
The_Crosby_Show;447451 wrote:Can't say I'm suprised.
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.
Aug 10, 2010 11:01pm
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Aug 11, 2010 11:26 AM
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.
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.
Aug 11, 2010 11:26am