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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
The cap went up about 14% from when Monahan signed his contract and when the Flames had to burn a 1st to get rid of him. Monahan made 7.7% of the cap.
If the cap went up 14% in 6 years from when Lindholm potentially signs a 9 million dollar a year contract it will be 95.2 and Lindholm would be 9.5% of the cap. For him to be 7.7% the cap would have to be about 117 million, which it will not be. Contracts that are 8-10% of the cap are always hard to move, regardless of whether the cap goes up.
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You're ignoring the reason why the growth of the cap has been smaller in recent years.
If not for COVID, the cap would have continued to grow over the last few seasons. Without the COVID freeze, at even a modest 2.5% annual growth, the cap last year would have been around $87.5 million ($5 million higher than it was) and the Flames either wouldn't have needed to move Monahan's salary, or would have likely had more teams interested in acquiring him.
With the new method for calculating the cap once the players' escrow debt is repaid (which should start being used next year), the cap should see a steady and consistent 5% annual increase for the foreseeable future. If the cap rises 5% per year, it will be over $117 million by year 7 of Lindholm's next contract.