Armourboy
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Just to answer because we've discussed Weber's contract a ton over the years so I think I have a decent handle on it ( although won't say I'm 100% accurate).
Once Weber retires Nashville will be on the hook for most of his recapture. Any team that pays him more actual dollars than what his cap hit was will also get hit with a portion of it ( although nothing like Nashville will). If I remember right, basically if he retires at 38 we would be on the hook for something like 24-25 million in recapture penalties per season for 2 years.
Now here is where it fuzzy. There is a possibility that the recapture mess gets dealt with in the next labor agreement, or Nashville trades for him and sticks him on LTIR until his contract runs out. There has also been the thought that the NHL may not hold us too it, or may work with us on it because we technically didn't negotiate the deal. It was an offersheet done by Philly, so the only say we had was matching or losing him. Also it has been argued that we might be able to get them to work with us as well because in only one of his seasons with us did it actually keep us from going over the Salary Cap, so technically there was no actual cap savings gained.
It's gonna be messy, and something we will be forced to deal with when that time comes.
Once Weber retires Nashville will be on the hook for most of his recapture. Any team that pays him more actual dollars than what his cap hit was will also get hit with a portion of it ( although nothing like Nashville will). If I remember right, basically if he retires at 38 we would be on the hook for something like 24-25 million in recapture penalties per season for 2 years.
Now here is where it fuzzy. There is a possibility that the recapture mess gets dealt with in the next labor agreement, or Nashville trades for him and sticks him on LTIR until his contract runs out. There has also been the thought that the NHL may not hold us too it, or may work with us on it because we technically didn't negotiate the deal. It was an offersheet done by Philly, so the only say we had was matching or losing him. Also it has been argued that we might be able to get them to work with us as well because in only one of his seasons with us did it actually keep us from going over the Salary Cap, so technically there was no actual cap savings gained.
It's gonna be messy, and something we will be forced to deal with when that time comes.