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Originally Posted by gvitaly
I am not sure how it would work out, but I am pretty sure Bennett would be protected and his cap hit wouldn't count towards the 25%. It is hard to say what the exact rules would be, because the NHL didn't quite figure them out yet.
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They would definitely protect him, but that's where I get confused. Wouldn't the 25% be 25% of the total teams salary? If so, of what year? If RFAs hadn't signed yet... Calgary could potentially have $8.75M - $10M not accounted for. So confusing.
What if we sign Jokipakka, Ferland and Hathaway before the draft? Can we expose them as part of the 25%? Keep off signing Bennett until after to avoid raising what that 25% would need to be.