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I was wondering who are the big name agents? Who are the Crosby and Ovechkin of agents? Is there a site where you can see who players agents are?
Ovechkin doesn't have an agent.He fired Don Meehan and hired his mother
Crosby and Malkin as represented by the team of Pat Brisson and JP Barry.Mike Barnett was Barry's former partner but he left the business to Barry when he became the Coyotes GM.
Meehan's agency has many clients.His partner is Pat Morris
Meehan/Morris or Brisson/Barry are the top hockey agents
The other big agency is Octagon which is Larry Lelly,Mike Luit,Allan Walsh and Ben Hankinson.Lightning GM Brian Lawton used to work for Octagon.Kings capologist Jeff
Solomon sold his firm to Octagon with Hankinson taking over the client base.
The agency is called The Orr Hockey Group but there are many agents who work for the company.Rick Curran is the top agent for them.The Staal boys are represented by Paul Krepelka who works for the agency.
Don Baizley of Winnipeg represents players such as Sakic, Kariya, Selanne, Forsberg...
Add Marleau to the Baizley group.
Rough count says that Meehan and Thun have had the most holdouts over the last few years. Not a shot at them, just a reflection of negotiating policies.
Was at doctor's office today and read about 2/3rds of article in the March 2, 2009 issue of Sports Illustrated on Bobby Orr. A number of aspects of his player agent "work" discussed.
Parents "never" refuse to take his call (or an offer to meet face to face).
The agency is called The Orr Hockey Group but there are many agents who work for the company.Rick Curran is the top agent for them.The Staal boys are represented by Paul Krepelka who works for the agency.
It's my understanding that player agents don't really do a whole lot in the contract drafting process for many players, as the bulk of player contracts are set out in the CBA's "standard player contract". It's kind of like "fill in the blank".
The actual negotiation of terms process is where an agent would come in handy, but there seems to be a trend of top players turning to family/friends to do that negotiation (lebron, ovie, thornton) - perhaps the negotiation isn't that difficult for a guy like Lebron who knows he's going to get max money either way..
Where these guys get in trouble, though, is with endorsements. Having your mom try to draft a contract for an endorsement with pepsi, or review a contract pepsi has drawn up, probably isn't the best idea..
anyone with any experience in this? and how difficult is it to get certification for these leagues?
It's my understanding that player agents don't really do a whole lot in the contract drafting process for many players, as the bulk of player contracts are set out in the CBA's "standard player contract". It's kind of like "fill in the blank".
The actual negotiation of terms process is where an agent would come in handy, but there seems to be a trend of top players turning to family/friends to do that negotiation (lebron, ovie, thornton) - perhaps the negotiation isn't that difficult for a guy like Lebron who knows he's going to get max money either way..
Where these guys get in trouble, though, is with endorsements. Having your mom try to draft a contract for an endorsement with pepsi, or review a contract pepsi has drawn up, probably isn't the best idea..
anyone with any experience in this? and how difficult is it to get certification for these leagues?
There is another thread on HF about salary arbitration.
The comparables are out there for the players and the NHLPA helps all players and agents in gathering them. You might find it interesting to peruse the statistics kept at NHLPA.com to get an idea of all of the statistical categories that are used in determining salary. It is particularly noteworthy that rank within the team as well as within the league is kept as a statistic. It likely is to help players whose teams play a more defensive style.
With the info provided, it is possible for a player to represent himself and may be less of a hardship than you imagine. The GMs are very well aware of the statistical comparables. There were quotes some ways back where Doug Wilson implied that he used the same statistics that would be used in arbitration in regular negotiations.
I agree that agents would be more than helpful on the endorsement side.
I believe I read he was a player agent in another thread and that he represents mostly Czech players.
Quote:
Stefan is working as an American based agent. Among his clients are Rozsival, Prospal, Dvorak and many others. He belonged to Rich Winter´s agency, but they parted ways.
Burke's partner was Bob Goodenow.Burke had his own company based in Boston.The Rangers always played Sunday night games at the Garden. Burke would drive down from Boston to watch the games and visit his clients.
Brett Hull was their name client.Burke was already in VAN when Hull became Hull in St.Louis.
