TheBlackFish
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- Jun 22, 2016
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Ok I'm sure people are sick of talking about Taveres but I was thinking what I would do next offseason if I were Hextall and was curious if anyone knows if this contract proposal would be allowed under the CBA... If, and it's a big if in itself, Taveres hits free agency, would a team be allowed to sign him to a one year deal, and then after a short amount of time (1 day or after one game) sign him to an 8 year deal (free agents can only sign 7 year deals but this would be his 2nd contract). This would be interesting because the Flyers will be in unfamiliar territory next year in that they will have an incredible amount of cap space to work with, albeit for only one year (Simmonds, Provo, Sanheim, Konecny all due huge raises the following year). The way I see it they would have about 12 million in cap space (Assumptions: Raffl goes in expansion draft, likely contracts already signed: Ghost 4.375m, Morin 2.25m, Hagg 900k, Weal 1.75m, Laughton 1.5m, Vechionne 1.25m, Hirshier/Patrick & Lindblom on rookie deals, goalies in the system used). Moving MacDonald w/ two years left on his deal after two years worth of league salary cap increases is very doable, bringing the cap space up to 16 million (Phillipe Myers called up for AMac)...
So the question is, after all this hypothetical craziness, could they offer Taveres 1yr 14.6 million, then immediately sign him for 8 yr, 52.9 million, 6.613m AAV. End result being a 9 yr, 68 million contract very front loaded with a low cap hit when it counts. Time value of money makes this contract comparable to 9 million a year over 7 years (reasonable expectation on the free agent market) with the added security of 2 extra years and not handcuffing your team for a decade. Yes it only averages out to 7.5 million a year but being front loaded, and factoring in inflation and investment return, he'd end up with more money in the end. If I were his financial advisor I'd say take this over a 7 year, 63 million contract, averaging 9 million AAV, especially if it gets you out of Brooklyn.
A lot to take in I know but with that kind of cap hit the Flyers could have an elite lineup for many years while still being able to resign guys like Simmonds, and all the soon to be expensive defenseman, which would be impossible under a normal deal.
2018-19 lines:
Giroux - Tavares - Voracek
Konecny - Hirshier/Patrick - Simmonds
Lindblom - Couturier - Schenn
Weal - Rubstov - Vecchione
Laughton/Weise
Provorov - Gostisberre
Sanheim - Myers
Morin - Gudas (most feared pairing ever)
Hagg
So the question is, after all this hypothetical craziness, could they offer Taveres 1yr 14.6 million, then immediately sign him for 8 yr, 52.9 million, 6.613m AAV. End result being a 9 yr, 68 million contract very front loaded with a low cap hit when it counts. Time value of money makes this contract comparable to 9 million a year over 7 years (reasonable expectation on the free agent market) with the added security of 2 extra years and not handcuffing your team for a decade. Yes it only averages out to 7.5 million a year but being front loaded, and factoring in inflation and investment return, he'd end up with more money in the end. If I were his financial advisor I'd say take this over a 7 year, 63 million contract, averaging 9 million AAV, especially if it gets you out of Brooklyn.
A lot to take in I know but with that kind of cap hit the Flyers could have an elite lineup for many years while still being able to resign guys like Simmonds, and all the soon to be expensive defenseman, which would be impossible under a normal deal.
2018-19 lines:
Giroux - Tavares - Voracek
Konecny - Hirshier/Patrick - Simmonds
Lindblom - Couturier - Schenn
Weal - Rubstov - Vecchione
Laughton/Weise
Provorov - Gostisberre
Sanheim - Myers
Morin - Gudas (most feared pairing ever)
Hagg
