Official cap esculation! Better than cap speculation thread earlier where everyone was harping that it couldn't possibly go up.
I knew it wouldn't spiral down. Cowen still hasn't been bought out, so more space coming there also.
We are in nice shape. All this positive news is kind of overwhelming lately. A number 1 goalie yesterday, a number 1 center coming friday and lots of cap space still. Potential for even more space in the works.
Is he a 8 million dollar player now ?
Has he been thhe same player since he broke his leg?
We've been over this in about 30 threads now. When a player like Stamkos is available as a free agent you may have to overpay. Free agency is about going to the highest bidder which means going above the player's alleged true value.
Stamkos is the furthest thing from a need for us now though. He's a luxury, a luxury that will take a significant chunk of our cap space, and has question marks.
Why not save the cap space, stick the the plan and keep building? In a few years we may need the cap space to keep our core together and if for some reason we don't, we keep the cap to sign a UFA RD if we can't address that area of need.
A Stamkos who sucks defensivley and on the draw, isn't a great playmaker, and refuses to play unless he is a center when we have 3 good C's already makes 0 sense.
We are going to ruin our rebuild. We may NEVER get another chance at this if it fails as management will say they tried it. We are at least 1 season away from a playoff spot barring over acheaivements. I think another top 10 pick next year is likely, and after that we'll have slumps and **** the next year which may have another 5-14 range pick.
We can't expect these kids to come in at 18-20 and carry us to the playoffs. We have the players already to shelter them, so why the rush?
THERE IS NO RUSH
the additions of Stamkos and Anderson is building.
Yea, it's not going to fly. His cap hit would be lower than his previous contract. Do you really think the league is stupid? It would be obvious circumvention. It will not end well if any club attempted such a thing. Not well at all. Not worth it.
Actually, it did go down, and players with existing contracts effectively took a paycut to raise the nominal cap and allow this year's free agents to sign "fair" deals. (There will be more escrow, with the most likely scenario seeing less of that escrow coming back to the players.)
Interesting to think that the NHLPA inflated the cap in a year in which Stamkos can set the bar for contract value and some still think he will sign in Toronto for a discount.
Leafs cap situation is not good as only 4 teams have more then the Leafs investing in contracts for next year at this point.
http://www.generalfanager.com/teams
Leafs cap situation is not good as only 4 teams have more then the Leafs investing in contracts for next year at this point.
http://www.generalfanager.com/teams
Cap is not really a issue, there are some ways to play around it
Performance bonuses are fairly strictly-defined. They're automatically counted as "earned" for cap space consideration, but don't have to be paid unless earned. There are two categories of bonuses which can be paid:
1: Individual "A" Bonuses - These are broken into categories like ice time, goals, and plus/minus. Each category has a minimum requirement a team can bonus for (10 goals, for example) and each category may not create more than $215,00 worth of bonuses (you can bonus $100K at 10 goals and then $115K at 15 goals if you want). Total "A" Bonuses can't exceed $850,000.
2: Individual "B" Bonuses - This is kind of a two-part bonus system based on performance comparative to the rest of the league. First off, the league itself will pay the player a bonus outside of his Club-paid salary if he does things like earns a place in the top five for postseason awards like the Hart, Selke, or Vezina; or if he places top ten in the league in offensive/goaltending categories. On top of the league bonuses, the club can pay bonuses of up to $2M to the player for making these awards.
However, players can earn a maximum of up to $3,775,000 from their team thanks to what the CBA calls "Exhibit 5" bonuses (performance bonuses).
google is your best friend .. lol.
http://www.wingingitinmotown.com/2013/10/29/5040456/getting-to-know-the-cba-episode-18-article-26
there's a good article on cap circumvention.
believe me.. this is one of the most detailed sections in the CBA.
CBA is here:
http://cdn.agilitycms.com/nhlpacom ...omething the Union would definitely not like.