613Leafer
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- May 26, 2008
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If ehler’s agent didn’t account for the cap going up to the ballpark of 80 mil, he should be fired...
We are not trying to screw anyone over... it’s about doing what is right for the club...
Yea, I don't understand how so many people don't get this. There have been two seasons in which the salary cap went down or barely moved, and those were after the CBA was renegotiated which reduced player's share of revenue, and immediately after the 2008 financial crisis (i.e. very predictable/obvious reasons). The other ~10 years have seen the cap rise by ~2-6M.
Last Fall, it was projected to go up to 78-82M, it went up to 79.5M (i.e. the slightly below the average of the projected range, and thus very much what would have been used as an estimate while negotiating contracts).
Ehlers contract, despite being signed last Fall, kicks in this year. Same as Nylander's. Sure, they didn't 100% know the exact dollar limit of the salary cap, but they obviously knew it was going somewhere in this range. Ehlers 6M caphit IS representative of an estimate for what this years salary cap is, it is NOT representative of last years salary cap which wasn't a year in which his contract would apply.
Ehlers contract remains the best comparable to Nylander's, and there shouldn't be any "rising salary cap" bonus to Nylander. The rising salary cap absolutely would have been part of his negotiation process.