06-23-2015, 10:02 AM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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2015 NHL Salary Cap $71.4 million. Floor $52.8 million
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06-23-2015, 10:05 AM
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#2
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Commie Referee
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Small town, B.C.
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Didn't move too much from last year. Some of those cap-strapped teams were hoping for a bigger increase I'm sure.
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06-23-2015, 10:07 AM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Montreal
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perhaps this certainty will trigger some moves...I expect so
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06-23-2015, 10:12 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: victoria
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What was the cap last year..69 million?
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06-23-2015, 10:15 AM
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Commie Referee
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Small town, B.C.
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Yes. It's the second smallest increase in the cap era.
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06-23-2015, 10:16 AM
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Could Care Less
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Oil prices probably have a lot to do with this.
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06-23-2015, 10:22 AM
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Franchise Player
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Next CBA they need to go with a larger range imho. That cap floor is becoming as big an issue as the limit for rebuilding teams, that's an average of almost 2.5 million bucks a roster player at the minimum range.
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06-23-2015, 10:23 AM
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#9
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Franchise Player
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So we have somewhere in the 21 million range in cap space if I'm doing the math correctly? I think we're up to ~$50 mil with Backlund's contract?
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06-23-2015, 10:28 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: England
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Matty81
Next CBA they need to go with a larger range imho. That cap floor is becoming as big an issue as the limit for rebuilding teams, that's an average of almost 2.5 million bucks a roster player at the minimum range.
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Do you mean the cap floor needs to be lower, which the NHLPA will never agree to, or higher, which is the problem for the rebuilding teams???
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06-23-2015, 10:28 AM
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Commie Referee
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Small town, B.C.
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http://capfriendly.com/
No idea the Flyers were so strapped. They should be talking to the Coyotes this weekend!
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06-23-2015, 10:36 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Neither here nor there
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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
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They get some relief with the Pronger contract going on LTIR.
The Hawks on the other hand, have 8 mil of space with only 13 players signed. With Saad due for a payday i'm sure Stan Bowman just became a little more stressed.
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06-23-2015, 10:42 AM
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#13
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Calgary, AB
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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
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Think that includes Pronger's cap hit still. So have some LTIR space on top of that.
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06-23-2015, 10:51 AM
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#14
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Matty81
Next CBA they need to go with a larger range imho. That cap floor is becoming as big an issue as the limit for rebuilding teams, that's an average of almost 2.5 million bucks a roster player at the minimum range.
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Yah good luck selling the NHLPA on making less money.
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06-23-2015, 11:03 AM
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Franchise Player
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I agree the range could be greater. Maybe leave the floor as is for while increasing only the ceiling for the next two or 3 increases.
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06-23-2015, 11:04 AM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Weitz
Yah good luck selling the NHLPA on making less money.
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I think the idea is to increase the range. So the cap floor would be lower, but the ceiling would be higher.
So in this case, for example, the ceiling would be 74.9 and the floor would be 49.3 if you widened the range by 3.5 million on either side.
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06-23-2015, 11:08 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
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I had no idea Stamkos is going to be a UFA after this coming season and Hedman will be a UFA in two seasons.
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06-23-2015, 11:12 AM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by _Q_
I think the idea is to increase the range. So the cap floor would be lower, but the ceiling would be higher.
So in this case, for example, the ceiling would be 74.9 and the floor would be 49.3 if you widened the range by 3.5 million on either side.
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As far as I know these things are usually collectively bargained for the guys who make the lowest. With league average salary being what? 3 million? The majority of guys makes probably around that or less.
The lower paid guys have less endorsement opportunities and what not so it is more imperative they make more salary.
At least that's my view of the situation.
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06-23-2015, 11:16 AM
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#19
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by heep223
Oil prices probably have a lot to do with this.
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Only in the sense that weaker oil prices lead to a weaker Cdn dollar. But otherwise, no - they are a function of hockey-related revenues.
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06-23-2015, 11:17 AM
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Could Care Less
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Only in the sense that weaker oil prices lead to a weaker Cdn dollar. But otherwise, no - they are a function of hockey-related revenues.
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Sorry, yes this is what I meant. Weak CAD which is largely the result of low oil prices.
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