The biggest news story of the week last week was of course, Ilya Kovalchuk.
No whispers of trouble between Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Ron Wilson and embattled defenseman Tomas Kaberle.
No, pretty well the only thing that Leafs fans had to read about was the Ilya Kovalchuk contract which was finally ratified during the wee hours of Saturday morning. According to NHL.com:
The Kovalchuk contract reportedly calls for him to make $100 million across 15 years, including $90 million in the first 10 years and $10 million over the last five -- with an annual salary cap hit of $6.67 million. Kovalchuk, who turned 27 in April, will be 42 upon completion of the contract.
The question on everyone's mind is, will these new regulations effectively eliminate these ridiculously long-term deals that had started to crop up? The new agreement should do just that.
1. While players and clubs can continue to negotiate long-term contracts (five years or longer) that include contract years in a player's 40s, for purposes of salary-cap calculation the contract will effectively be cut off in the year of the contract in which the player tu ...
Read Full Article at Bleacher Report - NHL
Article written by Eric Warren
NHL News & Notes: Bill Guerin Still Waits
September 7th, 2010 by Eric Warren Leave a reply »
Advertisement