NEGADELPHIA
TRADE MACHINE
You type every number. Nothing is prefilled from contract sites. 2013 NHL CBA as amended, adopted by the 2025 MOU.
NHL NUMBERS
Type the Upper Limit for the season of the trade.
TEAM A
Type 0 if none.
Type 0 if none.
SENDS
TEAM B
Type 0 if none.
Type 0 if none.
SENDS
Team A
SENDS
- Nothing yet
GETS
- Nothing yet
OUT $0/IN $0
Team B
SENDS
- Nothing yet
GETS
- Nothing yet
OUT $0/IN $0
NHL TRADE CHECK
CANNOT VERIFY
Add at least one player or pick to a side to run the check.
Built from the numbers entered here. Not editor-verified.
CBA CHECKS THAT DECIDE THE VERDICT
- CANNOT VERIFYTeam AMODELED
Team A: Payroll Room after the trade
Missing input: Upper Limit and Averaged Club Salary. Enter it to run this check.
NHL CBA (Feb. 15, 2013 text, as amended; adopted by the 2025 MOU for the term starting Sept. 16, 2026), Sec. 50.5(e)(i) source text
- CANNOT VERIFYTeam AMODELED
Team A: Active Roster size
Missing input: players on the Active Roster now. Enter it to run this check.
NHL CBA (Feb. 15, 2013 text, as amended; adopted by the 2025 MOU for the term starting Sept. 16, 2026), Sec. 16.4(a) source text
- CANNOT VERIFYTeam BMODELED
Team B: Payroll Room after the trade
Missing input: Upper Limit and Averaged Club Salary. Enter it to run this check.
NHL CBA (Feb. 15, 2013 text, as amended; adopted by the 2025 MOU for the term starting Sept. 16, 2026), Sec. 50.5(e)(i) source text
- CANNOT VERIFYTeam BMODELED
Team B: Active Roster size
Missing input: players on the Active Roster now. Enter it to run this check.
NHL CBA (Feb. 15, 2013 text, as amended; adopted by the 2025 MOU for the term starting Sept. 16, 2026), Sec. 16.4(a) source text
CBA RULES THIS TOOL DOES NOT CHECK. THEY MAY STILL APPLY.
- CANNOT VERIFYNOT MODELED
Changes in the new CBA that are not in the 2025 MOU summary
The new agreement took effect Sept. 16, 2026. This tool applies the 2013 text and the changes the MOU states for retention, long-term injury relief and no-trade lists. A consolidated new CBA text was not available to cite.
2025 NHL/NHLPA Memorandum of Understanding, whole document source text
ALSO LISTED. THESE DO NOT CHANGE THE VERDICT. EFFECT ROWS ARE CALCULATED. LEAGUE RULES AND ROWS MARKED NOT IN CBA TEXT ARE NOT CHECKED.
- N/ANOT MODELED
Cap Advantage Recapture charges
No player flagged with a recapture charge. If you flag one, this tool cannot check recapture charges.
NHL CBA (Feb. 15, 2013 text, as amended; adopted by the 2025 MOU for the term starting Sept. 16, 2026), Sec. 50.5(d) source text
- CANNOT VERIFYNOT MODELEDNOT IN CBA TEXT
Waivers, deadline date, league approval
League process and calendar. Not modeled.
NHL league rules (not the CBA text)
What this tool models for the NHL
MODELED (5)
- Payroll Room: post-trade Averaged Club Salary within the Upper LimitSec. 50.5(e)(i)
- At most three retained contractsSec. 50.5(e)(iii)(C)(1)
- Retained total at most 15% of the Upper LimitSec. 50.5(e)(iii)(C)(2)
- Reacquisition limits, two-retention limit, 75-day gapSec. 50.5(e)(iii)(C)(3)-(5); 2025 MOU item 35
- Active Roster maximum of 23, deadline-day exceptionSec. 16.4(a)
PARTLY MODELED, CANNOT VERIFY unless you confirm (1)
- Retention at most 50%, same percent each yearSec. 50.5(e)(iii)(A)
CANNOT VERIFY, not modeled (6)
- No-trade clause consentSec. 11.8; 2025 MOU item 34
- Long-term injury reliefSec. 50.10(d); 2025 MOU item 25
- Cap Advantage RecaptureSec. 50.5(d)
- Performance Bonus Cushion (offseason only: returns CANNOT VERIFY), Roster EmergencySec. 50.5(h); 50.10(e)
- Changes in the new CBA that are not in the 2025 MOU summary2025 MOU, whole document
- Waivers, deadline date, league approvalleague rules, not the CBA text