TSN 1050: Darren Dreger on TSN 1050 1st Up on some brokers desirous 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 large names that might probably reset the participant’s wage market? Do you suppose they suppose there’s extra of a endurance 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 like.”
Dreger: “Yeah. Yeah.”
Coliacovo: “Do you suppose there’s extra endurance on their finish to let all that stuff play out first earlier than getting in? As a result of the agent recommendation could possibly be, ‘Hey, man, if the market will get $10 million into it. You’re going to get more cash.”
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Dreger: “Yeah, and that’s a giant factor, Carlo. And, you realize, I’m certain 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 all the time wish to put myself in, within the place of being a pending unrestricted free agent or representing a type 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 larger than anticipated? After which in that new CBA, you realize, there may be purported to be one thing referred to as cap steerage for a few years I consider. That’ll be a part of the announcement.
So hastily now, if you happen to’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. Effectively, it could possibly be. It might 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 basic coronary heart must be injected into the method as nicely. In the event you really feel like you possibly can win and you may defend, probably grow to be part of legendary standing in NHL historical past, and possibly 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 plenty of 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 possibly the League and the Gamers Affiliation might have an extension within the CBA completed and introduced earlier than the beginning of the playoffs. That feels a superb stretch proper now, however possibly the participant brokers who’re nicely related to Marty Walsh in his workplace have a fairly good learn on the route that that a part of the CBA goes to go, and possibly that’s what they’re ready for.”
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