Salary Cap: 2015-2016: NHL Salary Cap #at 71.4 Million (Cap Floor, 52.8 Million)

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Unloading David Clarkson was huge for this team.

7 years 5.25 million.....i'm still in awe of Nonis for that one.

What a miracle. One of the few good days from this past season.

 

[Backhandshelf81]

You mean circumventing the cap?

To be fair, it wasn't just them that did that. Every other team had a window of time where they could've done the same thing and several others did.

 

[Mitchy]

lol

Kessel
for
Clarkson
8th OA
Rychel

still wouldn't do it myself

Oh man, that's tough. Rychel and the 8th could net us another top 5 pick. Even if we keep 8th overall and Rychel, we're going to have two great building blocks. Want nothing to do with Clarky though.

 

[Smif]

To be fair, it wasn't just them that did that. Every other team had a window of time where they could've done the same thing and several others did.

Only Chicago and Detroit are still benefiting from it though.

 

[rrc1967]

Unloading David Clarkson was huge for this team.

7 years 5.25 million.....i'm still in awe of Nonis for that one.

Horton is on the books in the off season.

so off season cap hit remains the same with or without clarkson.

 

[WestCoastLeafs]

Horton is on the books in the off season.

so off season cap hit remains the same with or without clarkson.

There's also a 10% buffer.

 

[Joey24]

What are the chances Horton ever plays again? slim to none? I saw an interview with him saying he's aiming for a return but maybe not till 2017.

 

[Hotlanta]

What are the chances Horton ever plays again? slim to none? I saw an interview with him saying he's aiming for a return but maybe not till 2017.

He can't bend over, let alone exercise. I highly doubt he will ever return to an NHL level form, even if last year and this year is all he tries to take off seeing as he is already 30 years old. It is either sit on LTIR or get surgery and take an early retirement. I'm pretty sure he has to be optimistic in order to get paid.

 

[rrc1967]

There's also a 10% buffer.

yes I agree - however the concept that tradiing clarkson was HUGE for our offseason cap hit, well, no. our offseason cap hit is the same regardless.

what it does though is give us a blank cheque to go over the cap limit during the regular season as long as horton stays on LTIR.