Negotiating Entry Level Performance Bonuses

Aspects of the Entry Level performance bonuses are negotiated.  The rules on the potential performance bonuses available are here: https://puckpedia.com/salary-cap/entry-level-performance-bonuses

The position is definitely used as a guide in the negotiation. If you look at any of our historical draft pages, you can see the details on the performance bonuses. Note that as you look at players drafted later, the amount of bonuses decreases.  https://puckpedia.com/draft/2021