NHL Draft Lottery

Bidding Equal Years:When bidding under $10M per season: A bid may be a minimum of a 10% increase of the Avg salary. If the bid is under a $1m increase per season, 2 of the 3 bids will be charged. When bidding $10M per season or more: The bid must be a minimum of $1M per season more. 1 bid will be charged.

Adding Year(s): When adding years to a contract the players avg salary per season can drop up to (but not more than) 10%.

Reducing Years: Teams can reduce a Max of 2 years off the current bid. Teams can match the current total contract with less years or use the following formula:When reducing the current bid by 1 year, the players avg salary per year must increase 60% or more. When reducing the current bid by 2 years, the players avg salary per year must increase 75% or more.