A Look At Front-Loaded Contracts

from Larry Brooks of the NY Post, So we’re o believe the NHL conducted an investigation of the Red Wings’ 12-year, $73 million contract with Henrik Zetterberg—under which the winger is due to receive $71 million in the first 10 years and $2 million over the final two seasons—and found no evidence of skullduggery in the negotiations, but is now concerned with Marian Hossa’s similarly structured front-loaded deal with the Blackhawks and Chris Pronger’s pact with the Flyers? As if the authorities expect Zetterberg to play for $1 million in 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 at the ages of 38 and 39 while the Red Wings are hit with an annual $6.083 million cap charge, but have questions whether Hossa and Pronger actually will be toiling for minimum wage in their senior years. Who conducted this initial investigation of the Red Wings, Omar Minaya? continued plus other hockey topics…