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Posts Tagged Adam Oates
Nothing scheduled … 3 road block issues … Hull on Oates
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News on November 14th, 2012
- Pierre LeBrun via twitter: Both sides touched base yesterday, but no bargaining sessions scheduled.
- Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: There are 3 road block issues right now. 1. The core economic issue: The NHL offered $211 million in deferred payments plus interested to ‘make whole.’ The NHLPA maybe looking for something closer to $600 million. They are looking for $1.883 billion plus 1.75% in the first year of the deal. 2. Player contracting rights: It has become a bigger issue over the last week. The NHL won’t move on this until it has the ‘make whole’ figured out. The NHLPA doesn’t won’t to move on the current player rights since they are going down to 50% from 57%. The NHL wants the NHLPA to counter on this area, but the NHLPA say they are not interested in any of it. LeBrun thinks the NHL should move to 8 years/28 years old old to 7 and 27, and not to change the entry-level or salary arbitration systems. Also to give up on 5 year contract max. Aspects that the NHL should hold firm on are the 5% rule for contracts (year-to-year can only go up or down 5%), stashing NHL contracts in the AHL, and the back-diving rule in which if a player retires before his contract expires, the original team gets his cap hit. 3. The damage of the lockout: After cancelling November games, Bill Daly estimates they’ve lost $720 million, and that doesn’t include the Winter Classic. They need to figure out how to “share in the pain” of the lockout damage for a shortened season (if there is one). The NHL will see as a 50-50 split. The NHLPA may say it’s more of an NHL issue since they locked the players out. They did get close on revenue sharing, with the NHL coming up to $220 million from $150 million, with the NHLPA may be wanting to modify how the program is run.
- Elliotte Friedman via twitter: The Bruins have 12 players under contract for 2014-15 (excluding Doug Hamilton), the Flyers have 10, the Maple Leafs and Rangers have 3. Great little story from Brett Hull on Adam Oates:
“I always felt bad for the guy on our left wing. He would come to the bench and he’d ask Adam, ‘Did you see me? I was wide open.’ He’d look at the guy and go, ‘Yeah I saw you, but who do you think I want to pass to — you or Brett?’”
Rumors and notes on: $70.2 million cap, Nichol, Doan, Stars, Maple Leafs, Capitals, Bouwmeester, Glendale extension, Garrison, Rask and Carkner
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Free Agents, NHL News, NHL Rumors on June 28th, 2012
- Elliotte Friedman via twitter: The upper limit for the salary cap will be $70.2 million.
- Andy Strickland of True Hockey: The Blues have extended head coach Ken Hitchcock through the 2013-14 season. They are close to re-signing forward Scott Nichol. Things have gone quiet with Jamie Langenbrunner, and it’s not as likely that he’ll be re-signed as it once was.
- Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News: Shane Doan might be a good pickup for the Stars. If they Stars did bring Doan in, it may mean they are seriously shopping Brenden Morrow.
- Sportsnet: Brian Burke on his free agency plans:
“With the salary cap and the new collective bargaining agreement that’s coming up, I don’t know what our plans are for filling out our roster,” Burke said. “Free agency starts on July 1, it’s a really thin group.
“Teams are locking all these quality players up now, so the group that is getting to the market is thin, it’s shallow. There are really two high-end players and that’s about it, (Nashville defenceman) Ryan Suter and (New Jersey forward) Zach Parise.
“I don’t think we are going to be in on either one of them,” Burke said.
- Chuck Gormley of CSN Washington: Gormley wonders if the hiring of Adam Oates could help the Capitals lure a free agent like Zach Parise. Parise could be looking for something in the $9 million range. The Caps are currently about $20.9 million under the cap with 17 players signed. One problem is that the Capitals could use a scorer from the right side, Parise plays and shoots left. If the price is too high for Parise, maybe the Capitals would be interested in trading for right winger Bobby Ryan.
- Mike Heika via twitter: Heika wonders if the Stars could be interested in Jay Bouwmeester. 2 years at $6.6 million per season doesn’t sound as bad.
- John Shannon via twitter: Source confirms that the NHL and Glendale have extended an agreement for an extra 30 days to work out various issues.
- Will DePaoli via twitter: Panthers pending UFA defenseman Jason Garrison will likely command up to $5.5-$6 million on the open market.
- Kevin Paul Dupont via twitter: Dupont estimates Tuukka Rask will be a 3 year deal worth approximately $13 million from the Bruins.
- Bruce Garrioch via twitter: Garrioch expects Senators defenseman Matt Carkner to test the UFA market. Carkner turned down a 1 year deal from the Sens.
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