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Originally Posted by Flame19,289
According to nhlnumbers.com, Hayes has a cap hit of 3.75M for 2015/16, with 2.85M of that being from a signing bonus. Hudler has a cap hit of 4.0M.
Unless the bonus doesn't transfer, which I think it does, then the numbers would seem to work for a hypothetical Hayes for Hudler deal. |
That's not a signing bonus, that's a performance bonus.
A signing bonus would count towards the cap, performance bonus (to a degree) do not count towards the cap. If a team exceeds the cap once the bonuses are given out they take a cap penalty the next year (see Iginla in Boston, Hawks because of Toews and Kane).