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Post by QC Mike on Jun 29, 2023 16:24:35 GMT -7
Looking at all these salary cap moves/dumps that are going on. Unless Calgary moves some people out I don't expect them to be a player at all ($2.4M in space and 5 open roster spots) but teams like Anaheim interest me. Don't expect them to be buyers, but they're $17M+ below the floor (have to resign Terry and Zegras) and three open retained salary spots. Do they become a big third party player retaining salary in trades to get to the floor or do they keep their powder to play that role at the trade deadline?
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Post by Adam (Moose Jaw) on Jun 29, 2023 16:53:32 GMT -7
I think they may also sign a couple of guys to 1-2 year deals to flip them at the deadline, similar to what they did with Klingberg.
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Post by nash on Jun 29, 2023 22:14:24 GMT -7
I think this is a short-term issue related to the pandemic and stagnant cap. Next couple of years things will loosen up and we'll see teams having a bit more flexibility.
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Post by Shamrockville on Jun 30, 2023 18:38:45 GMT -7
You'd think that with all of these ludicrous buyouts costing them opportunity, they'd learn though. You just can't pay 2 or 3 guys 10+ million and still have the rest of your roster be competitive. Until the owners start running these like a business, the players will continue to ruin franchises.
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Post by Shamrockville on Jun 30, 2023 18:48:02 GMT -7
83 million amongst 23 guys is 3.6 million per. Assuming that your bottom line forwards and 3rd pairing Dmen get an average of 1.5 million per, that saves you 5.5 million. Say you luck out and get your 3rd line and 1 of your 2nd pair D coming in at an average of 2.75, some a bit higher some a bit lower, that saves you another 4.75 million. So that 10 million is now spread among the top 6 forwards and 3 D, so about 1.2 million extra each. That'd be 4.8 million each. So lets even push it to your 2nd line guys and your #3 D averaging 3.8, saving you another 4 million. Thats still 3 forwards and 2 D to pay out with 22 million to go. Theres no 10 million dollar guy in this mix, let alone 2 or 3, unless you get the other 4 guys to be taking 3 million each.
Yeah entry level contracts can help, but even then those are likely incentive laden so they would still be making that 1.5 min like the 4th line guys.
You take teams that are paying 50% of their cap for 4 guys and you simply can't expect to be ultra competitive. The sooner the players get this, and that it's a team sport, that it takes 23 guys to hoist the cup, the better off the league will be.
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Post by nash on Jun 30, 2023 19:37:54 GMT -7
There are two ways to win in the NHL.
1. Win the Stanley Cup 2. Make a ton of money.
I think there may be a lot of teams who are making a ton of money so they don't necessarily need to build a team to win, though that would be nice.
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Post by QC Mike on Jun 30, 2023 23:45:10 GMT -7
At least it's not MLB with no salary floor so there are a number of teams that don't even try to be competitive and just bank their TV contract $$$.
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