JLHockeyKnight is right about the first part, it's calculated on a daily basis.
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Originally Posted by claude boivin lives
Another thing that has always struck me as being pretty crazy about the whole AHL/NHL pay scale difference, is how difficult it must be to be a fringe player and deal with the gigantic pay difference between you and players that are just slightly better than you. Take a guy like Jared Ross for instance...been battling it out for years to try and cut it in the NHL, probably making around 50k per year or something, and then there are these guys jussst above him that he gets called up to play with every once in a while that are making ****ing millions. Mentally...that has to be extremely hard to deal with. Surely motivating in a sense, but still, it just has to be ****ing tough to handle.
The difference isn't as big as it seems, Corey Locke for example signed a two-way contract worth $275K in the AHL.
Yeah, I was figuring something like that also, as I forgot to mention...I guess you could be making your NHL salary and not even be playing in the NHL games, correct? In situations, which often happen, where a player gets called up but then for various reasons winds up being carried with the team for a bit, but as a healthy scratch. Like, for instance, I guess Laliberte could be called up for a couple weeks, and spend most or all of that time in the pressbox, and double his take-home salary for the year? That's crazy stuff. Basically, players have gotta be pretty damn stoked when they get called up...no matter how you slice it, no matter the duty.
As far as I know, if you're on the NHL Active Roster, you get paid with NHL Salary. You also count against the Cap as well. I know during the playoffs the Flyers had 3 or 4 extra players who would come warm up with the team in case of last minute changes.
So yes, you can be a healthy scratch and make money. I don't know if that counts toward your 10 NHL games, but obviously the days would count toward your 30 days, as mentioned before.
Also, how does the cap work in the playoffs, while on general financing questions of NHL players? Same as the regular season?
As far as I know, if you're on the NHL Active Roster, you get paid with NHL Salary. You also count against the Cap as well. I know during the playoffs the Flyers had 3 or 4 extra players who would come warm up with the team in case of last minute changes.
So yes, you can be a healthy scratch and make money. I don't know if that counts toward your 10 NHL games, but obviously the days would count toward your 30 days, as mentioned before.
Also, how does the cap work in the playoffs, while on general financing questions of NHL players? Same as the regular season?
I'm pretty sure you can be over the cap during the playoffs, which now that I think about it makes sense because no one is getting paid.
The difference isn't as big as it seems, Corey Locke for example signed a two-way contract worth $275K in the AHL.
Well, regardless...whether you're really a "fringe" guy or not...even if you're just a more average AHL'er, like Laliberte for instance. His AHL salary is $50k, and that's a huuuuuuge difference from even the least talented 4th liners salaries around the NHL. To be capable of playing with those NHL'ers, capable of outperforming them in a game...but to be sitting there making $50k while they make $850k or even multi-millions...I just think it would be pretty maddening for me if I were in their shoes.
