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Originally Posted by cam_wmh
This is grossly incorrect, you candidly don't understand the CBA.
$1.075 is the maximum that can be sheltered without caphit. The remainder, DOES apply despite being buried.
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That is right, which is why it doesn't matter who is in the minors if both cap hits are over 1.075.
Let me try to break this down for you. Baertschi's cap hit is 3.3M. If he is in the minors, the Canucks save 1.075 of that cap hit, and his cap hit is reduced to 2.225M. Schaller's cap hit is 1.9M. If he is on the team, the combined cap hits of both players are 4.125M. If Schaller is in the Minors and Baertschi is in the NHL, Schaller's cap hit is reduced from 1.9M to 825K. That, plus Baertschi's full cap hit of 3.3M, equals 4.125M.
That is why it does not matter which of them is in the NHL. Either way, you are only saving 1.075M off your cap. Baertschi's salary could be $1.1M or $10M, and it would make no difference.