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2020-2021 NHL Thread

I?ve got a general NHL question that?s confusing me right now.

If a player is currently under contract and signs an extension (I know they can only sign in their last year) does the current year?s salary reflect the extension against the cap or does the new cap hit come into effect the next season when the new contract starts?

 
Joe S. said:
I?ve got a general NHL question that?s confusing me right now.

If a player is currently under contract and signs an extension (I know they can only sign in their last year) does the current year?s salary reflect the extension against the cap or does the new cap hit come into effect the next season when the new contract starts?
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Would only come into effect the next season when the new contract starts.
 
Ok cool thx. I was in an argument with my brother in law about it and he was saying it comes into effect immediately and that seemed wrong to me.
 
Joe S. said:
Ok cool thx. I was in an argument with my brother in law about it and he was saying it comes into effect immediately and that seemed wrong to me.
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They're not really extensions. They're really just new contracts that come into effect when the current contract ends.
 
I really wish they would stop calling the surgery new/experimental.

Artificial disc replacement isn't a new surgery...even within contact sports.  It's just he would be the first NHL player to get it done.  Fusion would be far more likely to result in bigger down the road problems than an artificial disc replacement (with the caveat that all spinal surgery is not insignificant).
 
I don't even really get what the dispute is there, admittedly I'm not a neurosurgeon, but it feels to me like a team should have fairly limited input in a medical decision like this.
 
Nik said:
I don't even really get what the dispute is there, admittedly I'm not a neurosurgeon, but it feels to me like a team should have fairly limited input in a medical decision like this.
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100% this.  I think there needs to be shared discussion around treatment options because of the insurance implications of stuff like this but at the end of the day the notion that the team can decline to let him have a procedure that he wants is insanity.
 
Nik said:
I don't even really get what the dispute is there, admittedly I'm not a neurosurgeon, but it feels to me like a team should have fairly limited input in a medical decision like this.
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Teams have final say according to CBA, the spirit of the rule is to stop risky, experimental procedures.

As this surgeon puts it, the literature and science clearly show that this is not only not risky, it is optimal.

NFL'ers and MMA fighters have vastly better outcomes.

The failure rate on fusion is around 20% while artifical replacement is less than 5% and provides full mobility.
 
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