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Post by Gord on Feb 10, 2002 23:11:00 GMT -5
...that Martin Rucinsky, having played 25 more games than Donald Audette, has only a 4 point lead on him.
Shaun Van Allen and Benoit Brunet are tied, at 14 points a piece.
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Post by Vichab on Feb 11, 2002 0:14:57 GMT -5
It 's funny to see your comment as just yesterday i was wondering how many points Rosie had got for Dallas since the trade. I'm sure it's not many. Basically since Audette went down with an injury right after we got him it has been like we simply lost Rosie to an injury as we haven't had either. The team hasn't missed a beat and I'm not surprised. He had been on my hit list for a couple of seasons and now i'm happy that Dallas will have to be frustrated with such an underachiever.
If Audette can come back as half the player he was he'll be an improvement over Rosie.
Harry Neal said last night that one of the big problems with all the Habs injuries over the past season is that it costs the team money to pay the injured players salary plus get another player in a trade or call up a player who usually gets more when in the NHL. I thought most of these injured players were insured so that the team would in fact save money as the replacement was usually paid less than the injured player was getting. Does anyone know the answer?
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Post by Cranky on Feb 11, 2002 0:33:55 GMT -5
The clubs insurance pays the club if the players is out for over sixty games. Players draw continiously. (not 100% sure)
Further NHL rules:
23.1. (a) The Clubs shall maintain in effect a group life
insurance policy providing a face policy amount of $200,000 US per player, for all players who play in at least one NHL game during the year. An Accidental Death and Dismemberment policy shall also be maintained by the Clubs in a face amount of $200,000 US per player. Coverage shall continue until October 1st the following season. Claims are to be paid in U.S. Currency.
(b) The Clubs shall also maintain in effect a group life
insurance policy providing for a death benefit in a face policy
amount of $100,000 US per spouse, for the spouse of each player who plays in at least one NHL game during the year. Coverage shall continue until October 1st the following season. Claims are to be paid in U.S. Currency.
23.2. (a) The NHLPA shall maintain in effect a group life
insurance policy providing a face policy of $100,000 US per
player. An Accidental Death and Dismemberment policy shall also be maintained by the NHLPA in a face amount of $100,000 US per player. Claims are to be paid in U.S. Currency.
(b) The details of the coverage provisions and exclusions
which have been agreed upon in Section 23.1 and 23.2 are set forth in policies currently in effect and on record with the NHL and NHLPA, respectively. 23.3. (a) The Clubs and the NHLPA shall also maintain in effect a career ending disability policy providing for a one-time benefit, subject to the release
requirements set forth in Section 23.4 hereof, in the event a
player who is on a Club Playing Roster suffers a career ending
disability. Disability must be due to an injury or illness which
results solely and independently of any other cause. Disability
shall be considered career-ending if the player is continuously
disabled for a period of 12 months and permanently prevented from playing professional hockey. Benefit coverage is dependent upon age at date of disability, as outlined below:
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Post by seventeen on Feb 11, 2002 1:53:30 GMT -5
Hoo boy. Reciting insurance clauses? HA, do you have a funny face to duplicate nails on a chalkboard? Why not just do THAT to us? I am, however, impressed with your thoroughness and attention to detail, (yawn). Clauses 23.1 (a) & (b) and 23.2 (a) and (b). Whoooaaa. Say, I've got some neat material from the Practitioner's Income Tax Guide I can post. Interested?
Sorry, HA, couldn't resist. Laughter keeps us young.
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Post by Vichab on Feb 11, 2002 2:12:23 GMT -5
Thanks for the info. HabsAddict. It sounds like that Leafs homer Harry "you can kiss my ***" Neal was right. Well there's a first time for everything.
That being the case then the Habs have been hit badly in the pocket book as most of the injured players over the past seasons with 500+ man games lost have not missed 60 games except for Saku (God love him) this year. All these players who have been called up over the past 3 years to help out come at a price. Fortunately none of them are breaking the bank as i think the most any of the salaries increase is $500,000 though I have not checked that. It would be interesting to see an analysis of what all this has done to an already weak budget.
With the good news on Saku (God love him) I'm hoping we've turned the corner on this injury bug.
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Post by MPLABBE on Feb 11, 2002 16:17:16 GMT -5
...that Martin Rucinsky, having played 25 more games than Donald Audette, has only a 4 point lead on him. Shaun Van Allen and Benoit Brunet are tied, at 14 points a piece. To show how important,'Rosie' is in Dallas,with the Stars winning by a huge score last night,he played an incredible 8 minutes.What a bum. |
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