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WE’RE BACK, BABY!
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Lowetide
Jan 6, 2013, 07:36 EST
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Our long national nightmare is over. The NHL and NHLPA–with a major assist from mediator Scot Beckenbaugh–have reached a tentative agreement!
Details are just coming out, but there’s talk of the NHL season beginning January 19th and a 48 or 50 game schedule. There are some interesting changes and more coming available as we roll, but the pertinent items are here courtesy tsn.
Among the major items of interest:
  • The cap in year one is $60M, floor $44M and teams can spend up to $70.2M. Don’t ask, I don’t know either I believe it’s in order to allow transition for some of the cap teams.
  • It looks like the season will start either on January 15th (50 game season) or January 19th (48 game season).
  • Training camps to start this week, as early as Wednesday.
  • The draft lottery selection process will change with all 14 teams fully eligible for the first overall pick. The weighting system for each team may remain, but four-spot move restriction will be eliminated. I think this might end up being known as the "Oiler" rule, as it gives teams less impetus to finish at the bottom of the standings.
  • Free agency remains July 1st. 
OILERS ROSTER AND CAP HITS
  1. G Nikolai Khabibulin $3.75M
  2. G Devan Dubnyk $3.5M
  3. D Ryan Whitney $4M
  4. D Nick Schultz $3.5M
  5. D Ladislav Smid $2.25M
  6. D Andy Sutton $1.75M (likely to spend season on IR)
  7. D Jeff Petry $1.75M
  8. D Theo Peckham $1.075M
  9. D Justin Schultz $925k
  10. D Corey Potter $775k
  11. C Shawn Horcoff $5.5M
  12. R Ales Hemsky $5M
  13. C Sam Gagner $3.2M
  14. L Ryan Smyth $2.25M
  15. C Eric Belanger $1.75M
  16. R Ryan Jones $1.5M
  17. L Ben Eager $1.1M
  18. C Ryan Nugent-Hopkins $925k
  19. L Nail Yakupov $925k
  20. L Taylor Hall $900k
  21. R Jordan Eberle $875k
  22. L Teemu Hartikainen $875k
  23. L Darcy Hordichuk $850k
  24. L Lennart Petrell $825k
I did not include bonuses (Hall, Nuge, Yak, Schultz, others) and have listed 24 but we’ll have to assume that Andy Sutton will remain on long term IR. I also haven’t included men like Magnus Paajarvi and possible recalls like Yann Danis, but NHL Numbers can help you with all  of that information.
We’re back. What a great day!

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