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If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Come around 2018-19 or so, the Red Wings are going to have a season or two where they lose about $8 to $9M in cap room as penalties from the cap circumvention deals signed by Zetterberg, Franzen and, to a lesser extent, Kronwall.
Since cap penalties follow the team that signed the original deal, the only way out of it is if the players actually play the full term of their contract.
Back in 2009, Ken Holland was called a genius for his contracts to Zetterberg and Franzen.
The lower cap hits were supposed to help Holland attract more stars and keep more of their great players under contacts.
But the truth is, we haven't won a thing since then. We've not been able to keep our players. Nor have we been able to attract stars.
We've had extra cap hit for two straight years and nothing to spend it on.
And thanks to the CBA (The NHL warned GMs it was going to fix these contracts), the Wings will pay a hefty price for these deals at the end of the decade.
Come around 2018-19 or so, the Red Wings are going to have a season or two where they lose about $8 to $9M in cap room as penalties from the cap circumvention deals signed by Zetterberg, Franzen and, to a lesser extent, Kronwall.
Since cap penalties follow the team that signed the original deal, the only way out of it is if the players actually play the full term of their contract.
Back in 2009, Ken Holland was called a genius for his contracts to Zetterberg and Franzen.
The lower cap hits were supposed to help Holland attract more stars and keep more of their great players under contacts.
But the truth is, we haven't won a thing since then. We've not been able to keep our players. Nor have we been able to attract stars.
We've had extra cap hit for two straight years and nothing to spend it on.
And thanks to the CBA (The NHL warned GMs it was going to fix these contracts), the Wings will pay a hefty price for these deals at the end of the decade.