Salary Cap: Salary Cap & Roster Building: Does it even Maatta? The defense is still absolute Jack.

[KIRK]

Where are you getting the cap space

JR will find it. He's an EXPERT at managing the salary cap.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Maybe teams should have waited a bit to figure out how the cap was going to look to do all those big trades.

Hahaha... right? I love all the hand-wringing. Spending like a drunken sailor without worry of consequence was the whole reason this system was implemented in the first place.

 

[Riptide]

I think it's gonna right about at 82.

What are the factors in the cap stagnating? Business bad, lately? Kinda seems like it but I don't have any of the numbers.

The main factor is the players using their 5% escalator. Last season they used 1.5% of it to artificially boost the cap. But given that almost every team is spending well over the mid point, all that means is more money in escrow coming off their paycheques every payday. I suspect that they won't want to use it at all.

 

[KIRK]

Jake Sid Duch would be one damn expensive line.

Also not paying Matt Duchene more than $8,699,999.99, regardless of context or inflation.

Can we call it The '**** You Geno' Line?

Or The 'Geno, You'll Get Zac Earned It Reese and Jack Johnson and Like It' Line?

Or both?

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

The main factor is the players using their 5% escalator. Last season they used 1.5% of it to artificially boost the cap. But given that almost every team is spending well over the mid point, all that means is more money in escrow coming off their paycheques every payday. I suspect that they won't want to use it at all.

Thanks. I honestly haven't kept up with the CBA since the original cap was implemented.

Is everything still tied to revenues? Is this indicative of (even more) disinterest in the sport? Last I checked ratings were... not so good. What's the TV deal looking like?

Sorry for playing 20 questions.

 

[KIRK]

cc: @ColePens

 

[KIRK]

Yikes to the cap strapped teams. The Penguins probably have to clear out another $1 million to get cap compliant now.

Why limit yourself to 1M when 3.25M would be so much better?

 

[Turin]

Kessel for Zucker more or less gets us there if that comes back around.

You could also just buy out JJ if you needed to.

Blessing in disguise?

 

[HandshakeLine]

GMs are idiots.

 

[ownal]

Offer sheet KAP JR! Do It!

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

GMs are idiots.

Ohhhhhh yeah. In a lot of ways the whole league, really.

Love the sport itself but man...

 

[Riptide]

Thanks. I honestly haven't kept up with the CBA since the original cap was implemented.

Is everything still tied to revenues? Is this indicative of (even more) disinterest in the sport? Last I checked ratings were... not so good. What's the TV deal looking like?

Sorry for playing 20 questions.

Yes it's all tied to revenues. No, not at all. I suspect that the US TV deal will pay a lot more than it currently is. Not like the Canadian one, but a hell of a lot more than what they were getting before.

I don't think revenues are slowing down so much as the cap % has gone from 57% (05-12) to 50% (12/13+) and in the years since (with IIRC a couple of grace years), the players have slowed down their willingness to artificially inflate the cap with their 5% escalator.

And while not having the cap increases blows, I think within a year or so we'll stop getting used to having 2-4m bumps and just getting bumps from the actual league revenue and be fine. This is also a good thing to stop/slow down before the CBA expires as it should hopefully help with preventing a lockout as escrow (which is needed to be sure of a true 50/50 split) is something the players hate, and this helps ease that pain.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Why limit yourself to 1M when 3.25M would be so much better?

I can keep doing these "homeless people should just buy a house" analogies if you want

 

[Jag68Sid87]

You indicated that Sid should just pick who he wants, so what does the coach (Sully) actually do?

Allowing Sid to handpick his line mates is silly. I mean he normally picks Rust when it clearer isn't in his best interest (or the teams)

The key is to have Crosby clear-headed, productive, fully engaged and happy. That is how you maximize 87. Again, if he does not like playing with someone, why force-feed it? It is not like this is a regular occurrence. Dude spent years with crappy wingers and turned water into wine. If I were the GM, I would not even give the coach the option to play Hornqvist with Crosby. I would move Hornqvist. ESPECIALLY because he isn't really a fit for Malkin's line either.

The only teams that need a backup and don't have their own version of Jarry are Toronto, Anaheim, Calgary and Edmonton as far as I can tell. There isn't much of a market for backups or young goalies right now, pretty much every team has a good prospect on par with Jarry.

Which is why Casey DeSmith is the more attractive goaltender for a lot of teams.

Potentially clears up the Kessel situation if Arizona was hesitant because of this.

Assuming the new ownership group wants to jump right in and spend.

And again, most of the speculation in Arizona is about landing a center (Matt Duchene), not a winger.

 

[Andy99]

cc: @ColePens

You saw my other link I hope where JJ has decided to co-opt Maatta’s old number...doesn’t sound like he thinks he’s going anywhere...

 

[KIRK]

You saw my other link I hope where JJ has decided to co-opt Maatta’s old number...doesn’t sound like he thinks he’s going anywhere...

 

[Andy99]

GMs are idiots.

And the officiating is like navigating a bureaucracy in a Third World country....

 

[TKalltheTime]

And bless us with your presence for sport?

I like to toss the commoners a bone every now and then. haha

 

[Turin]

You saw my other link I hope where JJ has decided to co-opt Maatta’s old number...doesn’t sound like he thinks he’s going anywhere...

Oh cool. We’re back to Fire Rutherford.

 

[HandshakeLine]

And the officiating is like navigating a bureaucracy in a Third World country....

Nah, those are pretty easy to navigate with cash bribes.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Hopefully Johnson going back to his old number causes him to go back in time 5 years too, but color me doubtful.

 

[ownal]

Look at how the Blues deployed their D. Bottom 3 averaged 12 minutes a night. We need to get a top 4 LD like Martinez. What do we have to offer LA to do that trade?

 

[Turin]

Hopefully Johnson going back to his old number causes him to go back in time 5 years too, but color me doubtful.

I’d trade Johnson 5 years ago too

 

[ownal]

Guentzel - Crosby - Kahun
Lee - Malkin - Zucker
Mccaan - Bjugstad - Kap
Simon - TB - Zar

Offer sheet Kap @ 4.2
Kessel for Zucker
Sign lee @ 6 million
Rust for picks or Rust/JJ for a cap dump to Ottawa?

Dumo - Letang
Pedds - Schultz
Riik - Gudbranson
Ruh/JJ

81.65 million. Fits the cap and we look better on all 3 top lines. If we did dump JJ we could get another 3.25 million.

Forgot about Horny, gosh he really doesn't fit this roster!

 

[KIRK]

Oh cool. We’re back to Fire Rutherford.