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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
NHL teams are behind other leagues in their cap handling. You have to be creative and that is one way to do it in the NHL.
In the NFL you can be more creative with cap hits, but teams like the Eagles come up with all kinds of wacky structures to take advantage of fact that the cap is growing so spending $2m in 2028 is much better than spending $2m in 2023.
You can't do this in the NHL - but look at the Jalen Hurts contract - https://overthecap.com/player/jalen-hurts/8793 - they are pushing money out so far because its easier to deal with in when the cap is 10%-20% higher then than it is now.
If you can lock up a good player for 4 productive years - 30-34 or whatever at the cost spending 2% of the cap in 2029 on a buyout - its a decent piece of business. Especially if guys reaching that age are undervalued because everyone is worried about the cap hit in 2029 when the guy is 36. |
It would be a good strategy if you were a contender and needed to keep a specific player or maybe sign a specific player to push you over the top. The way the Flames are using this strategy it's more like we can maybe make playoffs for a few years then will deal with these contracts. It's not we can contend for a few years, hopefully win a cup, then deal with these contracts. And if you have 1 or 2 sure but not 3 or 4.