TSN 1050: Darren Dreger on TSN 1050 1st Up on some brokers eager to get some future wage cap information from the NHL and NHLPA earlier than they get their shoppers, who’re pending free brokers, to signal to contract extensions.
** Up to date announcement this morning – Elliotte Friedman: Wage cap for the subsequent three years
2025-26: $95.5 million
2026-27: $104 million
2027-28: $113.5 million
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Carlo : “So Dregs, do you suppose with a Rantanen and Marner state of affairs, the place these are the 2 massive names that would doubtlessly reset the participant’s wage market? Do you suppose they suppose there’s extra of a persistence of their finish to permit issues like, we hear stuff a couple of new CBA, we hear stuff about what the wage cap goes to appear to be.”
Dreger: “Yeah. Yeah.”
Coliacovo: “Do you suppose there’s extra persistence on their finish to let all that stuff play out first earlier than stepping into? As a result of the agent recommendation may very well be, ‘Hey, man, if the market will get $10 million into it. You’re going to get extra money.”
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Dreger: “Yeah, and that’s an enormous factor, Carlo. And, you realize, I’m positive that the groups are pissed off by a little bit of a delay, if you wish to name it that. However then once more, I at all times need to put myself in, within the place of being a pending unrestricted free agent or representing a kind of coveted gamers, proper?
I imply, actually, that’s your job is to take an actual educated drive at what the open market goes to command. And on this case, there’s, there’s wild uncertainty, as a result of what if that wage cap plans increased than anticipated? After which in that new CBA, you realize, there may be speculated to be one thing referred to as cap steerage for a few years I imagine. That’ll be a part of the announcement.
So rapidly now, in case you’re a high finish participant, and also you lock in an eight-year most, you realize, is it splitting hairs if you realize you, you’ve commanded $100 plus-million contract, and you permit $10, $15 million on the desk. Properly, it may very well be. It could be if I have been the man making that decision, and I used to be a participant that was on the quick finish of that stick. However that’s the place the tough stability is available in.
And that is the place intestine really feel and simply common coronary heart needs to be injected into the method as nicely. In case you really feel like you’ll be able to win and you may defend, doubtlessly turn into part of legendary standing in NHL historical past, and perhaps sooner or later there’s a statue of you exterior of that constructing. What, what’s the worst of that like? How a lot are you able to, like that’s the place the stability has to come back into play.
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However to reply your query, Carlo, sure, that’s what various the participant brokers are ready for. They need a greater deal with, a greater learn on precisely what the cap goes to be and what kind of forwards and backwards there was. As a result of it isn’t that way back the place there was this notion of perhaps the League and the Gamers Affiliation may have an extension within the CBA accomplished and introduced earlier than the beginning of the playoffs. That feels a very good stretch proper now, however perhaps the participant brokers who’re nicely linked to Marty Walsh in his workplace have a reasonably good learn on the path that that a part of the CBA goes to go, and perhaps that’s what they’re ready for.”
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