avsfolife said:
See, this is where you confuse me and contradict yourself ...
If you believe the cap hit = average salary/entire contract, then it shouldn't matter whether the player has played 20 games or 82 or is in year 1 or 2 of his contract as his cap value will be the same. Unless we're talking about players signed with two-way contracts (not sure how that will work, actually).
The cap hit is most likely calculated on the following formula.
Players AVERAGE salary for year * % of time spent in NHL.
For example Player signs a 2 year 2-way deal for $1m and $2m. AVERAGE salary for the cap is $1.5m. The player spends time in the NHL (ignoring the injury rules his cap hit is)
0% in the NHL: cost $0 cap hit
25% in the NHL: $375K cap hit
50% in the NHL: $750K cap hit
100% in the NHL: $1.5m cap hit
I'm not sure how the no-trade clause will work, but if the player and team decide to waive it, then my guess is it's gone from the contract and the new team should/would not be subjected to that clause ...
It's their choice to waive or not if they have a no trade clause. Why would the players give up that right in the new CBA? I can't see why they would want to.
But, I think what they meant was that the actual salary paid during a certain is what will be used for calculating the league-wide payroll for that year ... I think ...
All reports have it as the average.
That's why it would make sense for a traded player to have his cap value recalculated at the time of the trade, because that number will yield a closer value to what is actually being paid to the player during that season, and would allow the team to spend accordingly ...
Except that would allow teams to violate the cap by stealth, as has been shown in the above examples.
(eg. At end of year 3, Redden's cap value of 800k is closer to the 800k being paid than a cap value of 5M)
But this is violating the cap because the $ are not being accounted for.
$7m $5.5m $4m $2.5m $1m = total salary paid $20m, cap hit $4m/y.
If that player is traded every year the cap hit is going to be
$4m, $3.25, $2.5m, 1.75, 1. Total cap hit of $12.5m.
So where did the extra $7.5m in real money go? If it is not accounted for then it cap evasion and should not be allowed.