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Originally Posted by getbak
With the bonus cushion, that shouldn't make a difference.
Where did the Droin numbers come from? The Tampa press release for the signing doesn't mention a dollar figure. I wonder if CapGeek just entered the numbers wrong? It seems odd that they would have gone $55,000 less than the maximum, a number that is basically inconsequential against a $64 million cap.
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Sorry I wrote my previous post wrong Drouin's cap hit is $500k less then Knights'. Meant to write .5M. You may have a point on the numbers CapGeek cites itself as the source.
I agree that the bonus cushion may make the bonuses less consequential, but for a player like Drouin who is likely to achieve his bonuses, Tampa will want to stay as far away from using it as possible so they don't get hit with an overage next year if they can avoid it.
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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
There are other factors too.
The year in which you are drafted can make a difference. I am not 100% sure if it dropped with the new CBA, but I do believe it did.
Another factor is the likelihood of a player achieving the bonuses. Drouin has a much better chance at reaching some of his bonuses suh as the Calder for example.
Yet another factor is the 3 year term as opposed to 2 years. What you see sometimes is a player getting a lower salary in the 3rd year of an ELC to bring down the cost of a qualifying offer.
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The CBA did not allow for the rollback in any salary so the NHL minimum or ELC max base salary is the same as last year.
The base salary difference between Knight (2009 draft pick) and Drouin (2013 draft pick) is $25k/yr.
Also pretty sure bonuses do not factor into qualifying offers.