NHL deems Kovy contract "a retirement contract". Says it "artificially drops cap hit". Also states its too overloaded the first 10 yrs
Nick Kypreos
RealKyper
Under the CBA, the NHL Player's Association has five days to file a grievance, then an arbitrator will decide. The contract remains dead until the decision.
TSN has more on the rejection.
...so does this mean the Rangers still have a chance at getting Kovalchuk? I'm joking.
...assuming some way or another this gets done. But how embarrassing for the Devils to have the contract rejected right after holding a big press conference announcing the signing. You'd think the Devils would have been smart enough to wait on the approval before parading Kovalchuk out there. Especially with such a complex contract.
Arthur Staple of Newsday has this classic tweet in the wake of the Devils jumping the gun on the press conference...
In other #Devils news, the team will hold a Stanley Cup parade before the season begins...
Arthur Staple
StapeNewsday
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5 comments:
Wow... that is embarrassing... and it wasn't us. Rare slip up from the Devils' side.
I think that the embarrassment belongs to the NHL for not having the foresight to see this scenario. I mean why pay lawyers the big bucks to do half the job. Is it not their job to see the legal writings for what they are and scheme and devise a way to circumvent the rules? So when drafting a CBA-why not kick the tires to find any soft spots?
Apparently on Monday Bettman told Lamorello that a rejection of the 17 year contract was a good possibility: http://twitter.com/RealKyper/status/19047600918. If so it's all the Devils fault. Whether the NHL has approved contracts such as Pronger, Hossa or Loungo in the past or not.
is bettman possibly making an excellent decision? good job, the whole point of a cap is to keep teams from holding talent for too long. any deal over 7 years is way too long let alone 17!
More than anything, this just further proves how weak the NHLPA is.
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