So, for the trade deadline, we are having a new rule. Since the trade deadline takes place with only a quarter of the season to go, players salaries are 3/4th's paid, so, we are going to do the 1/4th money rule
What does this mean? It means that your cap room will effectively be 4 times what it truly is for the rest of the season. An easy way to think of this is that if you had 1 million in cap, you now have 4 million in cap.
Now, I am doing mine in a different manner. I am taking off 75% of the players salaries when I trade for them/sign then, so, while my numbers may appear of the cap, it makes sense.
Let me show you how I do my method with the Boyle trade.
Boyle = 6.66
6.66*.25 (1/4th of his salary)
= 1.665
JM Liles, Phillipe Dupuis, Ray Rosehill and Matt Lashoff = 6.05
6.05*.25
=1.5125
1.665 - 1.5125 = 0.1525
Multiply that by 1,000,000
152,500
I had 800,000 in cap space beforehand, so, the calculation becomes 800000-152500 = 647500
So, I have $647500 in cap space. Any signings before the deadline will also be fourth'd.
(Simply put, I do things complicated
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EDIT: Because of that trade, I need to add some depth, so, I will be looking to get cheap FA's to help fill my bench. The first signing is as follows.
Paul Mara*: $525000 (1/4th'd) for 1 year.
Todd Marchant and Jarko Ruutu: $52500 (1/4th'd) for 1 year.