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((short description|NHL player/management agreement))
((Refimprove|date=March 2010))
((NHL Labour Relations))
The '''NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement''' ('''CBA''') is the basic contract between the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) (32 team owners and [[NHL commissioner]]) and the [[NHL Players' Association]] (NHLPA), designed to be arrived at through the typical labour–management negotiations of [[collective bargaining]]. On January 6, 2013, an agreement was tentatively reached after a [[2012–13 NHL lockout|labour dispute]] cancelled 510 regular season games of the [[2012–13 NHL season|2012–13 season]], and was ratified by the league's Board of Governors on January 9, 2013,<ref name="Ratified by Board of Governors" /> as well as by the NHLPA membership three days later on January 12, 2013.<ref name="NHLPA ratifies deal" /> As originally signed, the 2013 CBA was a 10-year deal, longest in NHL history, expiring after the [[2021–22 NHL season|2021–22 season]].<ref name="Deal signed" /> On July 10, 2020, the NHL and NHLPA announced the extension of the CBA through the 2025–26 NHL season.<ref>((cite web |title=NHL, NHLPA ratify CBA extension through 2025-26 season |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-nhlpa-ratify-cba-extension-through-2025-26-season/c-317377214 |website=nhl.com |pages=1))</ref>

==History==
===1994–1995 lockout===
((Main|1994–95 NHL lockout))
The previous agreement was signed in [[1995 in sports|1995]] following a [[lockout (industry)|lockout]] which shortened the [[1994–95 NHL season]] to 48 games, a loss of 34 games from what had originally been an 82-game schedule. None of the games scheduled for the 1994 segment of the season was ever played, the lockout lasting until after the beginning of 1995. The collective bargaining agreement was initially to last for six seasons and be open to re-negotiation in [[1998 in sports|1998]], but was eventually extended to last until September 15, 2004 (one day after the [[World Cup of Hockey]] final in [[Toronto]]).

===2004–2005 lockout===
((Main|2004–05 NHL lockout))
On the expiration date of the old agreement, the NHL Board of Governors, representing ownership, met and unanimously decided that the 2004–05 NHL season would be delayed until a new [[collective bargaining agreement]] was in place. The owners' [[lockout (industry)|lockout]] of players began at 12:01&nbsp;a.m. on September 16, 2004, the day most NHL training camps would have opened had the NHLPA and the NHL come to an agreement. By November 2004 it became apparent that the entire 2004–05 season was in jeopardy and supposedly "last-ditch" efforts were undertaken to avoid this, but little, if any, progress was seen during the last few months of 2004. The general consensus of many [[sportswriter]]s and other knowledgeable observers was that, if the entire 2004–05 season were cancelled, the owners would attempt to open training camps in September 2005 for the [[2005–06 NHL season]] using "replacement players," who are either not members of the NHLPA or were willing to resign their memberships.

On February 13, 2005, the U.S. [[Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (USA)|Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service]] called a meeting between the two sides to negotiate a new deal. Three days later, NHL commissioner [[Gary Bettman]] officially cancelled the season. There was some hope that a season could have been salvaged, as hockey legends [[Wayne Gretzky]] and [[Mario Lemieux]], both now part-owners of NHL teams, brought the owners and players together for talks on February 19. However, the two sides failed to reach an agreement.

Once the possibility of losing a second season to the dispute became real and the two sides realized that the dispute had alienated a large portion of the league's fan base, the league and the NHLPA resumed negotiations again in June 2005. Many pundits thought that the two sides wished to come to an agreement in early July, to coincide with the [[Canada Day]] (July 1) and [[United States]] [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]] (July 4) holiday season. While July 4 passed without an agreement, momentum for a settlement was clearly building, with the two sides meeting daily between July 5 and July 13. Reportedly, the July 12 session lasted until 6 a.m. local time (1000 UTC) on July 13, at which time talks recessed for five hours. The sides announced a tentative agreement at 12:30&nbsp;p.m. [[North American Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern Time]] (1630 UTC) on the 13th. It was said that they announced it on that day since it was the day before that year's [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game]] and no other sporting event in North America was taking place.((Citation needed|date=January 2011))

The most important provision of the new collective bargaining agreement was an overall [[salary cap]] for all NHL teams, tied to league revenues. The agreement also phased in a reduced age for [[free agent|free agency]], which would eventually give players unrestricted rights to negotiate with any team at age 27 or after 7 years of play in the NHL, whichever came first.

On September 4, 2010, the NHL and NHLPA ratified an agreement to alter how the salary cap hit of long-term contracts would be calculated. The new salary cap accounting system would see two distinct changes. First, long-term contracts remain valid, but contracts that include years when a player aged 40 or older will only have the portion of their salaries before they turn 40 included in cap hit calculation. Second, if the average value of the three highest seasons is $5.75&nbsp;million or more, then the value of years 36 through 39 will have a minimum cap "charge" of $1&nbsp;million.

These changes came shortly after [[Ilya Kovalchuk]]'s contract extension with the [[New Jersey Devils]] was voided, due to "cap circumvention". Other long-term contracts, such as [[Marc Savard]], [[Roberto Luongo]] and [[Marián Hossa|Marian Hossa]], were grandfathered and their respective cap hits calculated under the old accounting system. However, any long-term contracts signed on or after September 5, 2010 would be subject to the new system.<ref>((cite web|last=Rosen|first=Dan|title=Kovy deal registered as NHL, NHLPA reach settlement|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=536524&navid=DL|publisher=NHL|access-date=1 October 2010|date=4 September 2010))</ref>

===2012–2013 lockout===
((Main|2012–13 NHL lockout))

The 2005–12 CBA expired on September 15, 2012. The [[2011–12 NHL season]] was the final year of the then-current collective bargaining agreement, as the NHL Players' Association would no longer have the option to extend the current CBA. The players' association could not move the expiration date to June 30 in order to avoid a repeat of the lockout that cancelled the 2004–05 season.

Just after 5&nbsp;AM on January 6, 2013, after approximately 16 continuous hours of negotiating, a tentative deal was reached on a new collective bargaining agreement to end the lockout.<ref>((citation |url=https://www.sbnation.com/nhl/2013/1/6/3728892/nhl-lockout-timeline-2012-2013 |title=NHL lockout timeline: Let's remember the whole nightmare |access-date=January 6, 2013 |date=January 6, 2013 |publisher=SB Nation))</ref> It was ratified by the league's Board of Governors on January 9,<ref name="Ratified by Board of Governors">((cite web |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=649592 |title=Statement from Jeremy Jacobs, owner of the Boston Bruins and Chairman of the National Hockey League Board of Governors |access-date=January 9, 2013 |date=January 9, 2013 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]]))</ref> as well as by the NHLPA membership three days later on January 12.<ref name="NHLPA ratifies deal">((cite news |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=649889 |title=Union ratifies new CBA |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |date=January 12, 2012 |access-date=January 12, 2012))</ref> The deal was also officially signed that day.<ref name="Deal signed">((cite news |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=649967 |title=NHL, NHLPA sign Collective Bargaining Agreement |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |date=January 12, 2013 |access-date=January 13, 2013))</ref>

===Present status===
Originally, the 2013 CBA was on a ten–year deal, and would have expired on September 15, 2022.<ref>((cite web |title=2012 NHL CBA |url=http://www.nhl.com/nhl/en/v3/ext/CBA2012/NHL_NHLPA_2013_CBA.pdf |website=nhl.com |pages=11))((dead link|date=March 2024))</ref> The NHL and NHLPA had a choice to opt out of the CBA on September 1 and September 16, 2019, but they chose not to. The NHL paused play in its [[2019–20 NHL season|2019–20 season]] on March 12 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. On July 10, 2020, the NHL and NHLPA announced the extension of the CBA through the 2025–26 NHL season.<ref>((cite web |title=NHL, NHLPA ratify CBA extension through 2025-26 season |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-nhlpa-ratify-cba-extension-through-2025-26-season/c-317377214 |website=nhl.com |pages=1))</ref> Various elements of the "Return to Play" plan were announced the same day.

==See also==
* [[NHL salary cap]]
* [[List of player salaries in the NHL]]
* [[List of team payrolls in the NHL]]

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
* [http://www.nhl.com/nhlhq/cba/index.html NHL CBA main page] ((dead link|date=March 2024))
* [http://cdn.agilitycms.com/nhlpacom/PDF/Summary-of-Terms-1-10-13.pdf Summary of Terms 2013 CBA]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080720173244/http://www.nhl.com/cba/2005-CBA.pdf Text of the 2005 CBA (PDF format)]
* [http://www.nhl.com/nhl/en/v3/ext/CBA2012/NHL_NHLPA_2013_CBA.pdf Text of the 2012 CBA (PDF format)] ((dead link|date=March 2024))
* [https://media.nhl.com/site/asset/public/ext/NHLPA_NHL_MOU.pdf Text of the 2020 NHL/NHLPA Memorandum of Understanding (PDF format)]
* [http://www.nhlpa.com NHLPA site]
* [http://www.nhl.com NHL main page]

[[Category:Ice hockey law]]
[[Category:Collective agreements]]
[[Category:National Hockey League labor relations|Collective Bargaining Agreement]]

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