How Do Retained Salary Trades Work?
The 2013 CBA gave teams the flexibility to retain a percentage of salary and cap hits in trades. There are a few key limitations to keep in mind.
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It’s Time To Do Away With Offer Sheets
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NHL Waiver Wire Primer
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Is There a 2014 NHL Expansion Draft on the Horizon?
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Canadiens’ Erik Cole Considering Retirement Over New CBA
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Dropping the Gloves: The Bolts Recharge, USAH Sleds to NC
by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor While a few of the NHL faithful eschewed sleep in order to get the earliest possible word about the CBA talks, the rest of of North…
10 Markets NHL’s New CBA Was Worth Fighting For
It’s been well documented with all of the numbers that have been thrown out there during the 2012-13 NHL lockout that just about all parties involved lost. There were no…
Now What Can the NHL Do For You, the Fans
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Gary Bettman Set To Get Away With Another NHL Lockout
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Montreal Canadiens: Should Alex Galchenyuk play in the NHL this season?
Now that the NHL and the NHLPA finally managed to conclude a deal and agree to a new collective bargaining agreement yesterday morning, NHL training camps are slated to open…