Talk:2021–22 NHL suspensions and fines

Incongruous fines

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As per the NHL CBA, 18.7 Fines. (b), A fine may be in an amount up to 50% of a player's (averaged) salary, divided by the number of days in the regular season, but in no event may it exceed $10,000 for a first offence (or $15,000 for any subsequent fine within the rolling year). With that said, the NHL then goes on to contradict itself by publishing articles such as the article announcing Rasmus Andersson's fine (here), wherein they say Andersson was fined the "maximum allowable under the Collective Bargaining Agreement", $5,000. $5,000 is the maximum the League can hand out without having to offer a telephone hearing (CBA 18.7 (d)).

The following notes the players fined $5,000 and listed as maximum fines, alongside what their true maximum should be:

Offender Date of action Incongruity
Rasmus Andersson October 16, 2021 $5,000.00 vs. $10,000.00
Radek Faksa October 17, 2021 $5,000.00 vs. $8,125.00
P.K. Subban October 26, 2021 $5,000.00 vs. $10,000.00
Matthew Tkachuk November 5, 2021 $5,000.00 vs. $10,000.00
Alex Goligoski November 14, 2021 $5,000.00 vs. $10,000.00
Mikael Backlund November 5, 2021 $5,000.00 vs. $10,000.00
Josh Morrissey November 25, 2021 $5,000.00 vs. $10,000.00
Max Domi November 25, 2021 $5,000.00 vs. $10,000.00
Nikita Zaitsev November 25, 2021 $5,000.00 vs. $10,000.00
Artemi Panarin November 27, 2021 $5,000.00 vs. $10,000.00
Andrei Svechnikov November 27, 2021 $5,000.00 vs. $10,000.00
Ian Cole December 8, 2021 $5,000.00 vs. $7,250.00
Jonathan Drouin January 19, 2022 $5,000.00 vs. $10,000.00
Phillip Danault January 19, 2022 $5,000.00 vs. $10,000.00
Jamie Benn February 19, 2022 $5,000.00 vs. $10,000.00
Marcus Foligno March 12, 2022 $5,000.00 vs. $7,750.00
Taylor Hall March 30, 2022 $5,000.00 vs. $10,000.00
Evander Kane April 8, 2022 $5,000.00 vs. $5,271.74
Jared Spurgeon May 3, 2022 $5,000.00 vs. $10,000.00
Brad Marchand May 5, 2022 $5,000.00 vs. $10,000.00
Derek Forbort May 5, 2022 $5,000.00 vs. $7,500.00
Jamie Benn May 8, 2022 $5,000.00 vs. $15,000.00
Evgeny Kuznetsov May 3, 2022 $5,000.00 vs. $10,000.00
Jamie Benn May 10, 2022 $5,000.00 vs. $15,000.00
Zack Kassian May 11, 2022 $5,000.00 vs. $8,000.00
Charlie McAvoy May 10, 2022 $5,000.00 vs. $10,000.00
Ben Chiarot May 18, 2022 $5,000.00 vs. $8,750.00
David Perron May 24, 2022 $5,000.00 vs. $10,000.00
Total: $140,000.00 vs. $272,646.74