News: Salary Cap staying at 81.5M

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[JKG33]

Surprised it's not going down

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Not too surprising. I thought it would drop maybe a couple mill but this is ok

I know it SHOULD have dropped alot but I know that would be a tough thing to do seeing so many teams are pretty screwed cap wise

 

[Hunter368]

Love it, Jets are now in a great position

 

[BLNY]

Lebrun all but quashed this.

 

[rent free]

 

[TS Quint]

LeBrun is an idiot.

 

[Super Cake]

I have a feeling that the truth lies in between Lebruns statement and Stricklands statement.

That 81 million cap is probably what the NHL is gunning for, but it is not official yet.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

Frozen cap for a few years sucks for the teams that just locked up big contracts expecting rises would allow them to keep their upcoming guys.

 

[bukwas]

It'll be good if it stays the same. Too many teams being hogtied by something impossible to foresee would be a shame.

 

[Baksfamous112]

So all the RFA who signed backloaded contracts last summer just became huge poison pills for their respective team. What do you do with the Tkachuk, Werenski, McCavoy of this world who will cost a fortune to qualify in what will most likely be a flat cap for a couple of years

 

[BlueBaron]

So all the RFA who signed backloaded contracts last summer just became huge poison pills for their respective team. What do you do with the Tkachuk, Werenski, McCavoy of this world who will cost a fortune to qualify in what will most likely be a flat cap for a couple of years

Might not be the problem you predict. Inflation is always going to happen and older players will always be phased out to make space and Cap for younger guys.

 

[De Montreal]

We can and we will regret

 

[rent free]

So all the RFA who signed backloaded contracts last summer just became huge poison pills for their respective team. What do you do with the Tkachuk, Werenski, McCavoy of this world who will cost a fortune to qualify in what will most likely be a flat cap for a couple of years

you didn't even mention the worst one in timo meier. his qualifying offer is 10 million. oof

 

[Baksfamous112]

Might not be the problem you predict. Inflation is always going to happen and older players will always be phased out to make space and Cap for younger guys.

Doesn’t matter if the qualifying offer for Meier is 10m, 9.9m for Tkachuk, 8.25m for McCavoy, 7.7m for Werenski etc...

Teams are going to have to overpay to keep those guys or let them walk for nothing in a cap that will stay flat with high escrow % for a couple of years

you didn't even mention the worst one in timo meier. his qualifying offer is 10 million. oof

Yeah, missed him. Wow that is going to f*** San Jose big time.

 

[BlueBaron]

Doesn’t matter if the qualifying offer for Meier is 10m, 9.9m for Tkachuk, 8.25m for McCavoy, 7.7m for Werenski etc...

Teams are going to have to overpay to keep those guys or let them walk for nothing in a cap that will stay flat with high escrow % for a couple of years



Yeah, missed him. Wow that is going to f*** San Jose big time.

The Cap will rise again.

 

[Baksfamous112]

This is a HUGE advantage for teams like Montreal who have a lot of high profile players to sign in the next two years; UFA (Danault, Tatar, Gallagher, Petry, Armia) and RFA (Domi, Kotkaniemi, Poehling, Suzuki, Lehkonen).

This is also a huge advantage for teams who currently have a lot of cap space. It’s time for those teams to take advantage of the situation.

 

[Baksfamous112]

The Cap will rise again.

They said it’s staying flat for a couple years. It will rise - But certainly not in the next 2-3 years.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

They said it’s staying flat for a couple years. It will rise - But certainly not in the next 2-3 years.

Depends. We've got some incoming events that should seriously boost revenue.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Not surprising to hear the cap is staying flat.

 

[Baksfamous112]

Depends. We've got some incoming events that should seriously boost revenue.

One reputable journalist said the cap is staying flat next year. The other one say it’s not done yet but chances are the cap remain flat for a couple of years (read LeBrun tweet).

Usually when some as reputable as him goes publicly with an info like that, although it’s not usually not confirmed - Is because there’s some legs to it

 

[WingsMJN2965]

One reputable journalist said the cap is staying flat next year. The other one say it’s not done yet but chances are the cap remain flat for a couple of years (read LeBrun tweet).

Usually when some as reputable as him goes publicly with an info like that, although it’s not usually not confirmed - Is because there’s some legs to it

Right. That being said, we're still looking at Seattle expansion plus a TV deal coming soon.

The TV deal will be interesting. Shouldn't be a tough sell to remind sports networks how bad things were when they had no content to broadcast.

 

[themelkman]

you didn't even mention the worst one in timo meier. his qualifying offer is 10 million. oof

Eh in four years I dont expect us to be competing. Burns Vlasic and Karlsson will be 4 years older and still under contract. We will probaby trade Meier and he will sign a long term contract with someone

 

[Baksfamous112]

Right. That being said, we're still looking at Seattle expansion plus a TV deal coming soon.

The TV deal will be interesting. Shouldn't be a tough sell to remind sports networks how bad things were when they had no content to broadcast.

With the contracts extensions coming in the last couple of days I wouldn’t be surprised if they clarify the cap situation in the next couple of days. Most likely teams already know what it’s going to be.

You’re right about the tv deal but right now they said the 81.5m would be artificially kept there for a *possibly* a couple of years and escrow % should go up significantly. We’ll see how it affect the cap. It sure will be positive but will it make up for the loss in revenue due to covid-19?

 

[AveryStar4Eva]

Seeing as there has been a couple signings these past two days after weeks of nothing I’m guessing this report has to have some truth to it.