Friedman: Cap to stay at around 81.5 million the next 3 years

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

NHL/NHLPA talks on CBA include escrow cap, salary deferral for players - Sportsnet.ca

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[Anthony5967]

Boy oh boy is this going to hurt

 

[super6646]

Oh boi...

 

[Langdon Alger]

Ruh oh

 

[HOPE]

this is going to be good for team looking to extend player this year.

 

[Leafs87]

They better roll back caps if this is the case

 

[Anthony5967]

They better roll back caps if this is the case

?

 

[McJedi]

Ouch for teams that signed players to big contracts the past few off seasons. Not as ouch for teams with cap space. Mega ouch for UFAs and RFAs this off season and the next two.

 

[Dominance]

That’s...really not that terrible? New contracts will simply have to recognize this reality. It may ultimately prove to help prevent a lockout if player salaries are brought under a bit more control after steadily increasing in recent years.

 

[Leafs87]

?

Teams sign contracts nowadays with the knowledge cap Will go up. If it doesn’t, the teams that just sign are at a disadvantage. Actually pretty much all teams are at that disadvantage. Let players keep their salary but roll their caphits back

 

[McJedi]

?

That guy doesn’t understand the escrow at all.

 

[Anthony5967]

That guy doesn’t understand the escrow at all.

You got that right

 

[Forge]

As a devils fan, I laugh at those teams who have to worry about this.

Then cry when I remember I'm a devils fan

 

[Prairie Habs]

Teams sign contracts nowadays with the knowledge cap Will go up. If it doesn’t, the teams that just sign are at a disadvantage. Actually pretty much all teams are at that disadvantage. Let players keep their salary but roll their caphits back

This is literally the exact opposite of what needs to happen to fix the escrow shortfall.

This might be a situation where the thing that makes sense to do isn't necessarily what is best for leafs.

 

[themelkman]

Yikes for teams that have big contracts coming up

 

[Anthony5967]

There will be some pressure now for undrafted UFAs and top prospects to make teams out of camp now. FA is not the way to go right now, unless you're a team with tons of cap and can score some pretty sweet discount deals, even on stars.

 

[Forge]

Last I heard, the owners were against amnesty buy outs to avoid cap hits. Wonder if that will change and they will give each team like one over the next three years or whatever

 

[Forge]

Yikes for teams that have big contracts coming up

I cradle the dream of the devils acquiring sergachev close to my heart

 

[biotk]

Last I heard, the owners were against amnesty buy outs to avoid cap hits. Wonder if that will change and they will give each team like one over the next three years or whatever

Why would the NHL owners even dream of doing that? It would cost them money for no gain. Right now they have the greed of the players who are already under contract screwing over the players who are coming up as UFAs and RFAs. It is also going to result in teams trying to get poorly performing players to mutually agree to cancel contracts by doing things like sending them to the minors. This will cause infighting and weaken the union. Owners should be happy.

 

[bukwas]

Ouch for teams that signed players to big contracts the past few off seasons. Not as ouch for teams with cap space. Mega ouch for UFAs and RFAs this off season and the next two.

The less term the better will be a priority for them i'm sure. There might be the odd one okay with the security of long term even at a discounted rate but they'll be a minority.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

They better roll back caps if this is the case

LOL.

 

[Chuck Norris Trophy]

Mega ouch for UFAs and RFAs this off season and the next two.

Oh no! Now they can make only 9 million dollars a year instead of 10 million that they thought they will. How will they manage?

 

[Anthony5967]

Leafs with $4.5M in cap space, if I am doing the math correctly. Maybe Kapanen or Hyman are sent packing? Dermott, Barrie, Ceci are all FAs. Gauthier, too. Other teams going to get railed, too.

 

[Martin Skoula]

Seattle is going to have some interesting options over the expansion draft.

 

[Kshahdoo]

And what was the cap for this season (2019-20)?