> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Thursday's FTB: New CBA rumours - URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/thursdays-ftb-new-cba-rumours/ - Published: 2025-06-26T10:00:46.000Z - Updated: 2025-06-26T10:00:45.000Z - Description: It's all rumours and innuendo right now. - Author: Cathy Squires - Tags: From The Branches > Board of Governors update: > \- Extensive CBA update provided, but no vote taken > \- Approved sale of [#preds](https://twitter.com/hashtag/preds?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) franchise to Bill Haslam, now roughly 65% control > \- Will poll clubs this summer on whether to continue with decentralized Draft > \- Hockey Ops update: no rule changes pending. > > — Frank Seravalli (@frank\_seravalli) [June 25, 2025](https://twitter.com/frank%5Fseravalli/status/1937974959030366261?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Lots of detail here, but take note: this is all context-free leaked information on a document that hasn't been voted on yet by anyone. [NHL and NHLPA getting close on CBA talks![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)Sportsnet.caElliotte Friedman![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/thumbnail/Bettman.jpg)](https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/nhl-and-nhlpa-getting-close-on-cba-talks/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Details lacking. No real idea if this will be the final version. > I've reported on this before, but the idea in going to 84 regular season games starting in '26-27 would be in conjunction with reducing the pre-season as part it, perhaps going down to 4 pre-season games [https://t.co/rcS5pv6s4o](https://t.co/rcS5pv6s4o?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) [June 25, 2025](https://twitter.com/PierreVLeBrun/status/1938020724439982346?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Oh, them again. I can't wait: ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/2025/06/GuTsjguakAAnsnP-1-.jpg) > Per Seravalli, #NYR might give Gavrikov a 7 year, $8m contract. They never learn. Dumb contract for what I assume is a fine player, but it’s the Trouba mess 2.0. > > — [David Shapiro (@blueseatblogs.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ehvdiggwmzjbjhver2gmg6lz?ref%5Fsrc=embed&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [2025-06-25T12:21:23.622Z](https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ehvdiggwmzjbjhver2gmg6lz/post/3lsglxveg6c25?ref%5Fsrc=embed&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) It's also "could" headline season: [Countdown to Free Agent Frenzy: Could Pittsburgh Penguins D Erik Karlsson be moved this summer? | TSNWhile trading Evander Kane cleared $5.13 million in cap space, TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun reports the Oilers are on the hunt for more.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/icon/apple-touch-icon-261.png)TSNTSN.ca Staff![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/thumbnail/viktor-arvidsson-1-2184289-1750874083967.jpeg)](https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/countdown-to-free-agent-frenzy-could-pittsburgh-penguins-d-erik-karlsson-be-moved-this-summer-1.2326580?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) And "possibly": > Holland admits he’s open to trading, possibly packaging, the 24th overall pick for a top-9 forward. [https://t.co/v7wuWn5O3G](https://t.co/v7wuWn5O3G?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — David Pagnotta (@TheFourthPeriod) [June 25, 2025](https://twitter.com/TheFourthPeriod/status/1938011255643787398?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) The NHL really loves leaving teams hanging on this stuff: > Deputy commissioner Bill Daly said [#NHL](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NHL?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) is still deciding whether to ask [#Oilers](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Oilers?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) for more information on usage of Evander Kane LTIR relief: > > "I've held that as pending," Daly said. "I haven't made any decisions yet with respect to how long I'm going to hold it pending." > > — Frank Seravalli (@frank\_seravalli) [June 25, 2025](https://twitter.com/frank%5Fseravalli/status/1937994705733881876?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) I laughed: > fun fact: [@wyshynski](https://twitter.com/wyshynski?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) wrote an excellent piece about connor mcdavid which - among other things - confirms mcdavid is a native of ontario! > > check it out:[https://t.co/triekf2FB0](https://t.co/triekf2FB0?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [https://t.co/DJK25KskHD](https://t.co/DJK25KskHD?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Kristen Shilton (@kristen\_shilton) [June 25, 2025](https://twitter.com/kristen%5Fshilton/status/1937983922652254633?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Bet you twenty imaginary dollars Pietro is on offseason LTIR by July 1: > After signing Smith for $2M, [#VegasBorn](https://twitter.com/hashtag/VegasBorn?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) have $7.6M Projected Cap Space with 18 active players (10F/6D/2G) > > IR: Pietrangelo $8.8M > RFA: Hague, Rondbjerg, Schwindt, Holtz > UFA: Saad, Olofsson, Pearson, Samsonov[https://t.co/fw3JpQaf96](https://t.co/fw3JpQaf96?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — PuckPedia (@PuckPedia) [June 25, 2025](https://twitter.com/PuckPedia/status/1937977729082920980?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) That's it for now. We will have a draft round one watch post tomorrow night.