Hockey question....?

[Kerrmudgeon]

I see Bettman reduced a suspension from 25 to 21 games (:slap:) from the Hossa hit, and that got me wondering......?
Do these overpaid fools get paid for games missed? Like for injuries, suspension, wife's giving birth, bad hair day......?
Do they have performance related bonuses written in to their contracts?
:toetap:

[kingpin]

They don't get paid when they are suspended. Whatever their pay equals per game they lose.

[mikeg826]

overpaid? of all the sports, Hockey players are the most underpaid IMO.

[Kerrmudgeon]

They don't get paid when they are suspended. Whatever their pay equals per game they lose.

what about injuries?? or rotten performance??

[kingpin]

They get paid during any injury or rotten performance. :lol:

[mikeg826]

They get paid during any injury or rotten performance. :lol:

:iagree: just like everyone else that has a job - :D

[Jobaka]

From HERE (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=636983):

The length of the suspension includes the 13 games Torres already served during the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Torres therefore will remain suspended, without pay, for the first eight games of the upcoming regular season. Because he is classified as a repeat offender under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, Torres will forfeit $170,731.68 in salary. In addition, Torres will be ineligible to participate in any preseason games until he has served the full term of the suspension.

[Jobaka]

By the way, the money goes to the NHL Foundation (http://www.nhl.com/nhlhq/community/index.html), which is the National Hockey League’s charitable and community relations organization.