NHL Lockout: Who Wins, Who Loses If Rookie Contracts Are Two Years?

November 23rd, 2012 by Steve Silverman Leave a reply »
The NHL is in the process of hammering the NHL Players' Association in the ongoing dispute that passes for negotiations as the two sides attempt to come to an agreement on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Much of the attention—and rightly so—is on the way revenue will be split over the life of a new deal. It appears as if the NHLPA has come close to meeting the league's demands on a 50-50 revenue split, according to TSN.ca.

The length of rookie contracts is another issue that the league wants to change.

In the last CBA, rookies had the opportunities to sign three-year deals. In these negotiations, the NHL is proposing that rookies sign two-year contracts.

While this is considered to be a minor issue, the idea behind reducing the length of these contracts is that it gives the league's youngest and most inexperienced players less time to prove themselves before signing the second contract.

The second contract can prove to be quite lucrative. During the offseason, Taylor Hall of the Edmonton Oilers and Tyler Seguin of the Boston Bruins both signed huge second contracts.

Hall, 21, signed a seven-year, $ ...

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