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Originally Posted by devo22
notable for the weird structure. Some might call this, you know, cap and/or tax circumvention, but what do I know ... certainly never seen anything like this in the NHL.
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The contract Seth Jarvis signed back in August also had a deferred salary structure.
https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/so...rred-structure
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Because that payment is technically scheduled for Year 9 of the eight-year deal, there is no Year 9 cap charge for the Hurricanes, and the cap hit for the Hurricanes over the course of the eight-year deal is charged on what is actually paid out during that time.
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I am not a big fan of this unless the team also has to have it count against their cap for the years the player is still getting paid but not playing, similar to what it would be in a buyout situation. I just don't see how it is in the spirit of having a cap to pay salary to a player and not have it count against the cap.