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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Just throwing a potential scenario out there, but we might not have cap space in 16-17 due to Hudler/Giordano/Gaudreau/Monahan/Russell/Backlund/Brodie/Bouma's raises. One way we can make cap space that season is to buy out a few of Engelland / Smid / Raymond / Bollig's 16-17 cap hits. In that scenario, correct me if I am wrong but parts of their hit woukd count against the 17-18 cap. If we burn Sam's 2014-15, it means he's got a significsnt raise in 17-18 as well. But if we limit him to 9 games it means those buyouts are off the book just as Sam is getting his first real contract.
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Your doing mental cartwheels to create a scenario whereby his contract might have an impact one year earlier. And keep in mind, if it WERE a case whereby they were tight in 2017/18, there is always the option of a bridge contract.
Compare that to the 2nd round of the playoffs.
The number of variables with respect to the cap situation in 3 years is virtually unlimited.
I could also throw out a potential example whereby several more kids make the team and they are fighting to reach the floor and were wishing his contract came due a year earlier.
It's all speculation. Playoffs are not.