ARTICLE 14: PLAYER ASSIGNMENTS
14.1 Rent/Mortgage Expenses. A Player whose SPC is Assigned (whether by Trade, Waiver, including Players exempt from Waivers, expansion or team relocation) from one Club to another shall be reimbursed from the assignee-Club (or his own Club in the case of relocation) a sum equal to six (6) months' rent or mortgage, as the case may be, on his living quarters in the city from which he is Assigned; provided, however, that such reimbursement shall be made only if and to the extent that the Player is legally obligated to make and does make such payment and, provided, further, that the Club's obligation shall in no event exceed for the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons, $3,100 per month; for the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons, $3,200 per month; for the 2009-10 and the 2010-11 seasons, $3,300 per month. Any such payments shall be made on a pro rata basis if a full month is not involved. A Player subject to any such aforesaid Assignment is referred to as an "Assigned Player."
14.2 Moving Expenses. The reasonable moving expenses incurred by a Player who is Assigned during the Playing Season by one Club to another Club and moves to the area where it is located shall be paid by the Club to which the Player was Assigned (or his own Club in the case of a relocation). If for family reasons the Player delays moving his family to the area to which he is Assigned, no moving expenses incurred at the time of Assignment by the Player shall be paid by the Club, but the reasonable moving expenses incurred by the Player in connection with the move of his family to the area to which he is Assigned shall be paid by the Club to which he was Assigned (or his own Club in the case of a relocation). In the case of any other move directed by a Club during the Playing Season, which is not part of disciplinary action, the Club shall pay the reasonable moving expenses incurred by the Player. "Reasonable moving expenses" shall include the costs of moving Player’s automobile (two automobiles if Player is married). A Player will have the right to relocate within 12 months after the date of Assignment. In the event that a Player is Assigned more than once during a 12 month period and does not move to each interim Club city, he shall be paid his reasonable moving expenses by the last Club to which he was Assigned. In the event that an Assignment of a Player by one Club to another Club or a team relocation occurs during the period between Playing Seasons, the reasonable moving expenses incurred by the Player shall be paid by the Club to which he is Assigned (or by his own Club in the case of a team relocation) if the Player maintained a year-round home at the time of an Assignment in the city from which he was Assigned, and moves during the first Playing Season following an Assignment from said area to the area of the Club to which he was Assigned.
14.3 Hotel Accommodations. The Club acquiring a Player through a Trade shall provide the Player a single room hotel accommodation at the Club’s expense for a period up to twenty-one days (21) in the city to which he has been Traded.
14.4 Rental Car. A Player whose SPC is Traded during the NHL Season shall be reimbursed by the assignee Club, if he so requests, for the use of a mid-size rental car, or for the cost of renting a mid-size car if Player rents a more expensive car, for a period up to twenty-one (21) days in the city to which he has been Traded.
14.5 (a) Prior to its reimbursing an Assigned Player as provided in this Article 14 an assignee-Club (or his own Club in the case of a team relocation) may require satisfactory proof that the Player has paid the amounts for which he seeks reimbursement, and, in the case of rent or mortgage reimbursements, satisfactory proof (e.g., the lease) that the Player is legally obligated to pay such rent or mortgage and the amount thereof. Upon notice to the Player, the assignee-Club (or his own Club in the case of a team relocation) may, as an alternative to reimbursement, pay the expenses incurred upon Assignment (in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Article 14) directly to the person, firms, or corporations involved.
(b) A Player shall have deducted from any reimbursement of expenses he is otherwise entitled to pursuant to this Section any amount the Player is reimbursed, directly or indirectly, for such expenses from any other source whatsoever (e.g., PHPA benefits, spousal benefits, etc.).
14.6 Spousal Airfare.
(a) A Player's spouse (or Living Companion) and children will be entitled to a round-trip economy class flight between the city from which the Player was Assigned and the city to which he was Assigned, or
(b) In the alternative, and in the event the Player intends to relocate his family to the city to which he was Assigned, the Player's spouse (or Living Companion) and children will be entitled to a round-trip economy class flight between the city from which the Player was Assigned and the city to which he was Assigned for the specific purpose of searching for suitable housing in the new Club's city, and shall also be entitled to one-way economy class airfare for the purpose of actually relocating from the city from which he was Assigned to his new Club's city.
14.7 In the event that a Player is subject to a Player Assignment on February 15 or later in any League Year, the assignee Club will provide such Assigned Player with a single hotel room until the end of the NHL Playoffs.
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