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 [[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>		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> On June 27, 2025, the CBA was extended again through the 2029–20 NHL season.

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