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Originally Posted by yourbestfriend
How many teams can realistically afford Johnny's roughly 10M+ cap hit?
1) NJD from a cap perspective makes the most sense. They have about $25M in cap with only Bratt as the other major piece to sign. They also have a ton of flexibility next year. That team will be dangerous in a few years, but Johnny's gotta realize there won't be a ton of winning in the next number of years.
2) NYI have the space right now to do it, although they'll be in a bit of a bind next year once Barzal needs to be reupped. The roster doesn't look as promising as NJD though.
3) Philly has 118k in projected cap. They would need to clear, at a bare minimum, two of: Provorov, JVR and Konecny. I just don't see it happening.
Will be interesting to see what happens. From a fan perspective, Johnny going to NJ would be the most entertaining. Johnny, Hughes, Bratt, Hischier, Mercer and Sharangovich up front is pretty elite. They've got a ton of potential on D as well.
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I think teams can exceed the cap by 10% in the off season without penalty. There would be some teams that would dip into that and then make moves after. It's not the ideal way to do it, but we are talking about adding Gaudreau here. It would be a good problem to have even if it means trading another player at a discount.