Phenomenon13
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- Oct 10, 2011
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I really hate it when people say the salary cap doesn't matter. It's a finite source that can be leveraged. You only get so much every year. Every bit of it counts. Maximizing it to the best of your ability is how every gm should strive to use it. We have seen how punishing it can be for severely for mismanaging it.
If your mindset is that the cap doesn't matter, you shouldn't be gm. The entire cap situation of the Canucks shows a lack of foresight. Being capped out with bad contracts isnt okay just cause it doesn't cost us any significant assets and we can still sign everyone. It's a opportunity cost of acquiring a PK subban or John Tavares. Doesn't mean you'll get them but at least you have the opportunity to do so and make that play. Toronto tried to use their space for Stamkos and failed. Then next year they tried again and got tavares. They added a franchise talent because their cap space gave them this opportunity. The rangers managed to get panarin, was it a guarantee? No, because the Panthers were the front runners from most media outlets but their cap space allowed to field a rumored better offer.
Benning does have some foresight, we still are okay for the expansion draft and most of the bad contracts are up by the time pettersson and Hughes need to be signed but damn. The opportunity to add another top talent is probably gone. Something that'll put our team up with the contenders. I feel we are headed for mediocrity. If we still had cap space we could recover but for the next 2 years we are locked in with this team.
If your mindset is that the cap doesn't matter, you shouldn't be gm. The entire cap situation of the Canucks shows a lack of foresight. Being capped out with bad contracts isnt okay just cause it doesn't cost us any significant assets and we can still sign everyone. It's a opportunity cost of acquiring a PK subban or John Tavares. Doesn't mean you'll get them but at least you have the opportunity to do so and make that play. Toronto tried to use their space for Stamkos and failed. Then next year they tried again and got tavares. They added a franchise talent because their cap space gave them this opportunity. The rangers managed to get panarin, was it a guarantee? No, because the Panthers were the front runners from most media outlets but their cap space allowed to field a rumored better offer.
Benning does have some foresight, we still are okay for the expansion draft and most of the bad contracts are up by the time pettersson and Hughes need to be signed but damn. The opportunity to add another top talent is probably gone. Something that'll put our team up with the contenders. I feel we are headed for mediocrity. If we still had cap space we could recover but for the next 2 years we are locked in with this team.