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Miami Herald
13-07-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
New Rules In CBA Aim To Prevent NHL Salary Retention Chains
The NHL's recently-agreed-to new collective bargaining agreement has several areas in which the league and NHL Players' Association have clawed back certain aspects to make it more difficult to take the steps many teams have taken to limit their salary cap imprint. For instance, the new labor deal limits contract extensions to seven years for a team that re-signs its own player – down from eight years in the current CBA – and a reduction to six years (down from seven) for any team that signs another team's UFA. In this move, the league is essentially trying to save big-spending GMs from themselves. That change is pretty much straightforward. However, there's another new element in the CBA that starts in the 2026-27 season that's somewhat more intricate, that being the new rule that states a second retained salary transaction for any contract can not occur within 75 regular-season days of the first retained salary transaction for the same contract. In essence, there are now going to be no more three-team trades completed to save salary. What type of deals are being outlawed by this new rule? For starters, there's the February 2023 trade that sent star center Ryan O'Reilly from St. Louis to Toronto via Minnesota. The Blues retained 50 percent of Reilly's salary in the deal, while the Wild retained 25 percent of O'Reilly's salary before O'Reilly was ultimately sent to the Maple Leafs. That type of transaction would be strictly outlawed in the new rule. Similarly, two trades that were consummated this past season will not be allowed under the new CBA. The first was the trading of veteran center Yanni Gourde from the Seattle Kraken to the Tampa Bay Lightning via the Detroit Red Wings. In that deal, the Kraken retained 50 percent of Gourde's contract, while the Wings retained 25 percent of Gourde's contract before he was moved to Tampa Bay. At the risk of repeating ourselves, in the new labor deal, only one team would be permitted to retain a player's contract, at least, in a 75-day window that doesn't include off-season days. So, unless a player is traded well in advance of each year's trade deadline, there's no chance their contract is going to be split up and retained by more than one team the way contracts have been broken up in recent years.. Finally, last season's swap that sent center Trent Frederic from the Boston Bruins to the Edmonton Oilers via the New Jersey Devils also would fail to follow the rule laid out in the next CBA. The Bruins retained 50 percent of Frederic's $2.3 million salary, while the Devils retained the other 50 percent of Frederic's contract before flipping him to the Oilers. That would be a clear no-no in the next labor deal. In all these cases, teams worked the current system to their advantage. This is why teams employ cap experts like Maple Leafs assistant GM Brandon Pridham. These executives know the CBA inside and out, and they're paid handsomely to poke holes in each agreement for their team's benefit. And in every subsequent labor deal that comes down the pike, the NHL does its utmost to plug those exploited holes and prevent teams from continuing to subvert the system. It's really the circle of life among hockey executives that we're talking about here. Players, their agents and teams are always going to be looking for a leg up on their opponents, and that includes pushing the envelope as far as they can in trades without being called out by the league for straight-ahead cap circumvention. It's a delicate approach by teams, but in these cases, it's the difference between teams being able to make intricate deals or falling short in making them work under the cap. And regardless of the rule changes that are laid out in any new CBA, there will always be parties with a vested interest in skirting around regulations without flat-out breaking them. That's never going to change, even as the NHL does what it can to clamp down on "creative" approaches to trades. Get the latest news and trending stories by following The Hockey News on Google News and by subscribing to The Hockey News newsletter here. And share your thoughts by commenting below the article on Copyright The Hockey News, Roustan Media Ltd.
France 24
08-07-2025
- Climate
- France 24
Forest fire blazes in southern France
The fire, the latest of several in the area in recent days, started on the property of a winery south of the city of Narbonne on Monday afternoon, then spread rapidly due to wind and parched vegetation after a heatwave. More than 1,000 firefighters battled the flames overnight, but by the morning the inferno had partially damaged 2,000 hectares (4,900 acres) of land and was still going strong, local authorities said. Local official Christian Pouget said six homes had been partially affected. "The fire has still not been brought under control," he said. In the village of Prat-de-Cest on Tuesday morning, trees were blackened or still on fire. As she watched fire trucks drive to and fro, retiree Martine Bou, who did not give her age, recounted fleeing her home with her cats, tortoises and dog on Monday afternoon before returning. But her husband Frederic stayed all night to hose down the great pines on the other side of the road so the fire would not engulf their home. "I've never seen anything like it. I have never lived next to such an enormous fire," he told AFP, reporting flames dozens of metres (more than a hundred feet) high. French weather service Meteo France said the risk of fires remained high on Tuesday. Authorities closed the A9 autoroute to Spain, but on Tuesday morning they said they were progressively reopening the route to traffic. Meteo France said this weekend that a punishing heatwave that began on June 19 had officially ended on Friday, lasting in all 16 days -- the same length as the country's deadly 2003 heatwave. That same day, however, the first major fires of the season broke out in the south. © 2025 AFP
Global News
27-06-2025
- Sport
- Global News
Edmonton Oilers sign Trent Frederic to 8-year contract
See more sharing options Send this page to someone via email Share this item on Twitter Share this item via WhatsApp Share this item on Facebook The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Trent Frederic to an eight-year contract extension, the team announced Friday. The deal carries an annual average value of US$3.85 million. Frederic, 27, was acquired from the Boston Bruins in a deadline deal on March 4. He had a goal and three assists in 22 playoff games for the Oilers, who lost to the Florida Panthers in six games in the Stanley Cup final. Story continues below advertisement The six-foot-three, 221-pound centre ranked fourth in hits (85) and fifth in blocked shots (15) among Oilers forwards in the post-season. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy Frederic was a first-round pick (29th overall) in the 2016 NHL Draft by the Bruins. He has 55 goals and 54 assists in 338 career regular-season games.
San Francisco Chronicle
27-06-2025
- Business
- San Francisco Chronicle
Maple Leafs re-sign John Tavares for 4 years and the Oilers keep Trent Frederic around long term
The Toronto Maple Leafs are keeping John Tavares around for four more years at a significantly discounted price. Tavares re-signed for $17.55 million and will count $4.39 million against the salary cap through the 2028-29 season on a very team-friendly contract. He was making $11 million annually on his previous deal and was a point-a-game player last season at age 34. The Toronto-area native who grew up rooting for the Leafs almost certainly took less money than he could have gotten on the open market. Fellow center Brock Nelson, who is 11 months younger, got $7.5 million annually over three years to stay with Colorado after the Avalanche acquired him at the trade deadline from the New York Islanders. Another deadline pickup is sticking around for the better part of the next decade, as Trent Frederic re-signed with the Edmonton Oilers for the longest possible term on an eight-year contract worth $30.8 million. The big winger turned 27 in February, a few weeks before the Oilers got him from Boston. After returning from injury, Frederic had three points and skated 11 minutes a game on Edmonton's second consecutive run to the Stanley Cup Final. General manager Stan Bowman with this contract is betting on more production from Frederic. 'Every year I've improved, and I'll continue to do that,' Frederic said on a video call with reporters. 'I think my best hockey is yet to come.' Bowman cleared cap space for Frederic and what's expected to be a big-money contract for defenseman Evan Bouchard. Plus, Leon Draisaitl's $112 million deal goes into effect next season. On the horizon for Edmonton is an extension for three-time MVP Connor McDavid, which cannot be signed until July 1. Negotiations for that deal are expected to take some time this summer. In other moves, Detroit re-signed Swedish defenseman William Lagesson to a two-year, two-way contract at the league minimum of $775,000 for each of the next two seasons at the NHL level. ___
Winnipeg Free Press
27-06-2025
- Business
- Winnipeg Free Press
Maple Leafs re-sign John Tavares for 4 years and the Oilers keep Trent Frederic around long term
The Toronto Maple Leafs are keeping John Tavares around for four more years at a significantly discounted price. Tavares re-signed for $17.55 million and will count $4.39 million against the salary cap through the 2028-29 season on a very team-friendly contract. He was making $11 million annually on his previous deal and was a point-a-game player last season at age 34. The Toronto-area native who grew up rooting for the Leafs almost certainly took less money than he could have gotten on the open market. Fellow center Brock Nelson, who is 11 months younger, got $7.5 million annually over three years to stay with Colorado after the Avalanche acquired him at the trade deadline from the New York Islanders. Another deadline pickup is sticking around for the better part of the next decade, as Trent Frederic re-signed with the Edmonton Oilers for the longest possible term on an eight-year contract worth $30.8 million. The big winger turned 27 in February, a few weeks before the Oilers got him from Boston. After returning from injury, Frederic had three points and skated 11 minutes a game on Edmonton's second consecutive run to the Stanley Cup Final. General manager Stan Bowman with this contract is betting on more production from Frederic. 'Every year I've improved, and I'll continue to do that,' Frederic said on a video call with reporters. 'I think my best hockey is yet to come.' Thursdays Keep up to date on sports with Mike McIntyre's weekly newsletter. Bowman cleared cap space for Frederic and what's expected to be a big-money contract for defenseman Evan Bouchard. Plus, Leon Draisaitl's $112 million deal goes into effect next season. On the horizon for Edmonton is an extension for three-time MVP Connor McDavid, which cannot be signed until July 1. Negotiations for that deal are expected to take some time this summer. In other moves, Detroit re-signed Swedish defenseman William Lagesson to a two-year, two-way contract at the league minimum of $775,000 for each of the next two seasons at the NHL level. ___ AP NHL:
