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Originally Posted by stemit14
Is there anything keeping a team from taking this to an extreme? Sign a 2 year deal for a total of $25 million but there is a signing bonus of $23 million the day after the deal expires. Am I correct in calculating that as a $1 million AAV cap hit despite the real average being $12.5 million?
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I don't think it would work that way. In your example the $23M would still be included in the calculation but as a smaller number. Let's say the NHL thinks that $23M two years from now is worth $22M this year, which means the cap hit will be (22 + 2)/2 so it would still be $12M.