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Originally Posted by sworkhard
They didn't inflate the salary, they inflated the cap hit.
The salary is 41.77 million over 6 seasons, making an AAV of 6.96, which, when pro-rated for the remaining 68% of the season makes the cap hit become 10.2 million this year. This is done to ensure teams aren't circumventing the cap by waiting to sign players until later in the season.
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Right. They inflated the cap hit to avoid circumvention.
Which agrees with what I am saying - Nylander doesn't get that. Nylander misses some games, and gets a slow start to the season. The cap hit gets inflated for this year so that the Leafs don't benefit from his holdout. Nylander gets $41.77M over 6 years.
There is no $45M, and there is no spoon.