NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement

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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 labour dispute cancelled 510 regular season games of the 2012–13 season, and was ratified by the league's Board of Governors on January 9, 2013,[1] as well as by the NHLPA membership three days later on January 12, 2013.[2] As originally signed, the 2013 CBA was a 10-year deal, longest in NHL history, expiring after the 2021–22 season.[3] On July 10, 2020, the NHL and NHLPA announced the extension of the CBA through the 2025–26 NHL season.[4]

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  4. ^ "NHL, NHLPA ratify CBA extension through 2025-26 season". nhl.com. p. 1.