Sunday, September 16, 2007
SIX NATION HOCKEY ACCORD SIGNED
The Czech Republic, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Slovakia, and Switzerland recently signed a four-year deal between the International Ice Hockey Federation member associations and the National Hockey League.
According to the Associated Press, the deal has a number of key components:
_The deadline for signing players under contract is June 15, for each of the four years. IIHF players subject to NHL draft-related rights who have not yet signed an NHL contract must be signed by the NHL team by June 1 in any year of the current agreement.
_Players not under contract to an IIHF team may sign with an NHL team at any time.
_The NHL pays a basic development fee of $9 million for the first 45 players, $200,000 per player. If more than 45 IIHF players are signed, the NHL pays an additional $200,000 for each extra player.
_Players selected in the NHL draft can be signed until July 15 or until Aug. 15 in the year they are drafted. The NHL pays an additional fee of $100,000 for signing players in the later window between July 16 and Aug. 15.
_The IIHF is compensated for players who sign with NHL clubs but who are not on the team's roster for at least 30 games _ including playoffs _ in their first season. Those funds _ between $50,000 and $100,000 depending on draft round _ will be used for IIHF player transfers to the NHL that are outside the agreement, such as when European players are signed from North American junior clubs to the NHL.
_The agreement also regulates the release of NHL players to the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver and the world championships.
Reuters is reporting that Russia is refusing to sign just weeks after they indicated they would:
Vladislav Tretyak, president of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation (RIHF), said the proposed agreement was not in the best interest of Russian clubs.
"We have been in constant negotiation with the NHL, trying to reach a fair deal, but unfortunately we were unable to fully take into account the interests of Russian clubs," said Tretyak.
Russia remained the only major hockey power not to sign the deal, which was approved by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) last year.
The Russians were expected to put pen to paper after RIHF's executive board voted unanimously to approve the deal in June.
Tretyak has pushed hard for his country to join a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with the NHL since being elected RIHF president in April.
But many top Russian clubs want to negotiate their own deals directly with their North American counterparts.
IIHF president Rene Fasel has warned Russia that if they continued the stand-off they would risk participation of their NHL players in world championship or Olympic competition.
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According to the Associated Press, the deal has a number of key components:
Reuters is reporting that Russia is refusing to sign just weeks after they indicated they would:_The deadline for signing players under contract is June 15, for each of the four years. IIHF players subject to NHL draft-related rights who have not yet signed an NHL contract must be signed by the NHL team by June 1 in any year of the current agreement.
_Players not under contract to an IIHF team may sign with an NHL team at any time.
_The NHL pays a basic development fee of $9 million for the first 45 players, $200,000 per player. If more than 45 IIHF players are signed, the NHL pays an additional $200,000 for each extra player.
_Players selected in the NHL draft can be signed until July 15 or until Aug. 15 in the year they are drafted. The NHL pays an additional fee of $100,000 for signing players in the later window between July 16 and Aug. 15.
_The IIHF is compensated for players who sign with NHL clubs but who are not on the team's roster for at least 30 games _ including playoffs _ in their first season. Those funds _ between $50,000 and $100,000 depending on draft round _ will be used for IIHF player transfers to the NHL that are outside the agreement, such as when European players are signed from North American junior clubs to the NHL.
_The agreement also regulates the release of NHL players to the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver and the world championships.
Vladislav Tretyak, president of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation (RIHF), said the proposed agreement was not in the best interest of Russian clubs.
"We have been in constant negotiation with the NHL, trying to reach a fair deal, but unfortunately we were unable to fully take into account the interests of Russian clubs," said Tretyak.
Russia remained the only major hockey power not to sign the deal, which was approved by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) last year.
The Russians were expected to put pen to paper after RIHF's executive board voted unanimously to approve the deal in June.
Tretyak has pushed hard for his country to join a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with the NHL since being elected RIHF president in April.
But many top Russian clubs want to negotiate their own deals directly with their North American counterparts.
IIHF president Rene Fasel has warned Russia that if they continued the stand-off they would risk participation of their NHL players in world championship or Olympic competition.
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