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Hockey-and_stuff · 10-24-2020, 05:28 PM

Why do you care so much about AHL salaries?

You can bury the entirety of a league minimum deal in the AHL and keep it off the salary cap.

If the owners are fine with paying big bucks for AHL players, it doesn't affect the big club at all.

10-24-2020, 05:28 PM	#71
Hockey-and_stuff First Line Centre Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Calgary Exp:	Why do you care so much about AHL salaries? You can bury the entirety of a league minimum deal in the AHL and keep it off the salary cap. If the owners are fine with paying big bucks for AHL players, it doesn't affect the big club at all.