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Originally Posted by ricardodw
So the back loaded contracts with huge QO were for the good of keeping the team together, I missed that altogether.
Tampa's in a crunch this summer and again the next year where Point is likely expecting 9M as the starting point and the year after Point Shergachev is looking at 7.2 as his starting point along with Cernak 4.4 and Cerrilli 7.2
Contracts actually better for the teams:
Aho who got the match on the offer sheet got his money up front and the last 2 years before he is a UFA his salary is 6m and change while his cap hit stays at 8.46.... That makes him far more marketable than having the 12 and 10 M he got on the first 2 years for his last 2 years.
Same for the other prime ELC that actually signed long term deals
Rattanen last 3 years a 6, 9.5, 6 blow his cap hit of 9.250
Connor has pretty close to the same salary as his CaP hit of 7.1 M
The teams that retained control of the situation were the Jets with Laine and Columbus with Dubois ... QO of 7.5 and 6.65 respectfully.
It will be interesting what kind of deal Laine gets this summer from Columbus. If there is any chance that Tkachuk be extended at term with less than 9M cap hit.... Laine need to be signed to term at less than 7.5.
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These bridge deals were signed before Covid and in a situation where the cap was absolutely going to go up with a new US TV deal, expansion etc. the pandemic hit and a flat cap resulted after the fact. The only reason Laine and Dubois are different is they signed a 2 year deals so they look good now but at the time the Laine deal was signed he was looking for the $10M deal a year sooner than Tkachuk, Point, Boeser, Meier, etc.
The pandemic screwed the bridge deals up because of an unforeseen flat cap as a result of something outside of league control