12-08-2017, 09:11 AM
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18-19 Cap Projected at $78M-$82M
News Update@PierreVLeBrun
NHL shared next season salary cap projection with Governors today: between $78 M and $82 M depending on negotiated inflator with NHLPA in June... so either way, up from current $75 M
At least $3M more in space due to the cap increase + at least $4M coming off the books from Stajan and Jagr. Get that Backlund extension done, Brad!
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12-08-2017, 09:15 AM
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And Peter Chiarelli breathes a sigh of relief...
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12-08-2017, 09:15 AM
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Franchise Player
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Location: Thunder Bay Ontario
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With Stajan, Versteeg, Jagr, the Mason Raymond buyout coming off the books, and possibly a Brouwer buyout, this team could fill holes with prospects and have a large budget left to re-sign Backlund and still add a good player if they want.
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12-08-2017, 09:18 AM
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Plus 1M from Raymond buyout ending, and 1.75M from Versteeg contract.
Jankowski and Kulak are going to get nice raises though.
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12-08-2017, 09:19 AM
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Franchise Player
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Oh yeah, forgot about the Raymond buyout ending and that Versteeg's contract was more significant. $9M-$14M in cap space right there, with Backlund the only significant UFA to be re-signed and no RFAs due for big pay hikes. Even figuring in AHL replacements or veteran signings to plug some of the lineup departures, $5M-$6M for Backlund should be easily achievable and quite comfortable under the cap.
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12-08-2017, 09:20 AM
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Thats a significant bump, I thought $2-3M at best.
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12-08-2017, 09:21 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
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The cap figure is astounding, i doubt most teams will even spend to it. At the time when they introduced the salary cap process, there was only one or two teams spending that much(80 million). I am not sure even the Flames can keep up with that.
Last edited by Flamenspiel; 12-08-2017 at 09:34 AM.
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12-08-2017, 09:21 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Itse
Plus 1M from Raymond buyout ending, and 1.75M from Versteeg contract.
Jankowski and Kulak are going to get nice raises though.
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I predict Jankowski will sign a bridge deal similar to Sam, 2-3 years.
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12-08-2017, 09:37 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hitman88
I predict Jankowski will sign a bridge deal similar to Sam, 2-3 years.
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Yeah I don't expect anything crazy either, but it's going to be more than he gets now so it'll eat some of that cap space.
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12-08-2017, 09:41 AM
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Norm!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Finger Cookin
News Update@PierreVLeBrun
NHL shared next season salary cap projection with Governors today: between $78 M and $82 M depending on negotiated inflator with NHLPA in June... so either way, up from current $75 M
At least $3M more in space due to the cap increase + at least $4M coming off the books from Stajan and Jagr. Get that Backlund extension done, Brad! |
I'm not a cap guy, but I don't get how the cap is going up like it is. I mean fine Vegas is there, but that's just adding a larger pool of money to a larger pool, it shouldn't be bumping everyone's cap from 3 to 5 million bucks.
I mean frankly isn't a 3 million dollar increase equivalent to about $500 million in increased revenue?
I'm watching quite a few games and seeing a lot of empty seats in a lot of rinks including Vancouver and Ottawa, so I'm not sure how that makes sense.
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12-08-2017, 09:43 AM
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Poe969
With Stajan, Versteeg, Jagr, the Mason Raymond buyout coming off the books, and possibly a Brouwer buyout, this team could fill holes with prospects and have a large budget left to re-sign Backlund and still add a good player if they want.
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I don't know how much room they'll have to add a good player. For a year perhaps, but after that Tkachuks contract isn't going to come cheap.
The potential Brouwer buyout will help. Just to make sure I understand this correctly:
Brouwer is getting $4.5million/year each of the next two years for a total of $9million owed
He's over 26 so take 2/3rds of that, $6million owed
Double the length and you've got a cap hit of $1.5million/year for 4 seasons
Correct?
I don't see a situation where they don't buy him out this offseason. $3 million/year in space easily pays for his replacement and then some.
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12-08-2017, 09:45 AM
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The more the cap increases, the more it helps teams that are poor cap managers.
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12-08-2017, 09:47 AM
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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A year with a significantly increasing cap after some years without is not a year to grab a star free agent. It's a year to spend assets on a star already under contract.
If it's closer to $82 million, then we'll see an inflated free agency full of dumb car buyers racing into dealerships saying "I've got lots of money and want to get something awesome!!".
This is where every team flashes money towards star players that are set to be free agents while the Flames flash a surplus of D-men to GM's and snipe a star scoring forward under contract.
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12-08-2017, 09:58 AM
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First Line Centre
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Resign backlund. Fill the rest with prospects.
Unless we get a true #1 Rw I don't think we need anything. Would prefer they wait and go crazy at the trade deadline
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12-08-2017, 09:59 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Good chance to lock up JANKO long term at value. 6 years 2.5 per.
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12-08-2017, 10:05 AM
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Originally Posted by Kipper_3434
Good chance to lock up JANKO long term at value. 6 years 2.5 per.
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Why would he do that?
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12-08-2017, 10:11 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Poe969
With Stajan, Versteeg, Jagr, the Mason Raymond buyout coming off the books, and possibly a Brouwer buyout, this team could fill holes with prospects and have a large budget left to re-sign Backlund and still add a good player if they want.
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or you let backlund walk and give tavares his $10M, and our center depth becomes tavares/monahan/jankowski/lazar 
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12-08-2017, 10:15 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kevman
I don't know how much room they'll have to add a good player. For a year perhaps, but after that Tkachuks contract isn't going to come cheap.
The potential Brouwer buyout will help. Just to make sure I understand this correctly:
Brouwer is getting $4.5million/year each of the next two years for a total of $9million owed
He's over 26 so take 2/3rds of that, $6million owed
Double the length and you've got a cap hit of $1.5million/year for 4 seasons
Correct?
I don't see a situation where they don't buy him out this offseason. $3 million/year in space easily pays for his replacement and then some.
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https://www.capfriendly.com/buyout_c...r/troy-brouwer
Yes, your calculations are correct.
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12-08-2017, 10:22 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flamenspiel
The cap figure is astounding, i doubt most teams will even spend to it. At the time when they introduced the salary cap process, there was only one or two teams spending that much(80 million). I am not sure even the Flames can keep up with that.
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Way more teams will spend to it then should. That's why teams need taxpayer funder arenas and why we might get another lockout, because teams can't manage a budget that matches their revenue.
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