The NHL has been given Players Association approval until Sept. 17 to confiscate Devils draft picks and fine the team up to $3 million for its first signing of Ilya Kovalchuk, The Post has learned. The league, however, will not lower the Devils’ $59.4 million salary cap upper limit...
www.nypost.com/ - New York Post - Sat, 04 Sep 2010 4:26:15 PM EDT
The NHL and the NHL Players' Assn., ending a contract saga that began July 1 and lingered into Labor Day weekend, reached agreement early Saturday morning Eastern time to change the rules governing long-term contracts and how they're valued within the structure of the league's salary cap.
www.latimes.com/ - Los Angeles Times - Sat, 04 Sep 2010 4:25:09 PM EDT
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) The NHL has signed off on Ilya Kovalchuk's latest contract with the New Jersey Devils. Five weeks after rejecting the Russian's landmark 17-year, $102 million contract with the Devils, the league approved a revised 15-year, $100 million deal on Friday after reaching an agreement with the NHL Players Association on an amendment covering long-term contracts.
www.japantimes.co.jp/ - The Japan Times - Sat, 04 Sep 2010 4:02:44 PM EDT
The NHL has signed off on Ilya Kovalchuk's latest contract with the New Jersey Devils. New Jersey Devil - Ilya Kovalchuk - National Hockey League - sport - Hockey
The NHL and NHLPA have hammered out an interesting deal. In exchange for Ilya Kovalchuk's contract, along with all previous contracts such as Marian Hossa's being accepted the NHLPA has agreed to amend the CBA. The new rules state that if a player is older than 40 years old when a long-term (five years or longer) contract expires, the player's average salary until he is 40 is the cap hit until ...
NEWARK, N.J. -- The NHL has signed off on Ilya Kovalchuk's latest contract with the New Jersey Devils. National Hockey League - sport - New Jersey Devil - Hockey - Leagues
www.washingtonpost.com/ - Washington Post - Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:30:00 PM EDT
Sept. 17 -- Training camps open. Sept. 21 -- Preseason games begin. Oct. 7 -- Regular-season begins. Oct. 7-10 -- NHL Premiere Games, at Helsinki, Finland (Carolina vs. Minnesota); Prague, Czech Republic (Phoenix vs. Boston); Stockholm, Sweden (Columbus vs. San Jose). Nov. 6 -- Hall of Fame Game (Buffalo at Toronto). Nov. 8 -- Hockey Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Toronto. Dec. 26-Jan. 5, 2011 ...
sports.yahoo.com/ - AP Via Yahoo! Sports - Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:02:29 PM EDT
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- The NHL has signed off on Ilya Kovalchuk's latest contract with the New Jersey Devils. Five weeks after rejecting the Russian's landmark 17-year, $102 million contract with the Devils, the league approved a revised 15-year, $100 million deal yesterday after reaching an agreement with the NHL Players Association on an
www.lowellsun.com/ - Lowell Sun - Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:35:11 AM EDT
The NHL and the NHL Players’ Association have reached an agreement on guidelines for future long-term contracts and the official paperwork is being worked on with the aim of completing it before today’s 5 p.m. deadline, multiple sources told The Record this afternoon.
www.northjersey.com/ - The Record - Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:08:21 AM EDT
Today the NHL will likely make a decision on the Ilya Kovalchuk contract. If the NHL extends the contract review once again, Kovalchuk will likely bolt to the KHL as the season starts in less than a week. My take: I think the NHL will make the decision today regardless of what it is. If the NHL does not act fast they could lose him to the KHL. No matter what way you look at it, Kovalchuk doesn't ...
Early Saturday morning, the NHL and NHLPA resolved the long-standing dispute that led to the acceptance of the contract between Ilya Kovalchuk and the New Jersey Devils and also removed the contracts of Marian Hossa, Roberto Luongo, Johan Franzen and others from further investigation.
