WHL rocks Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 User Actions Follow Jimmy Murphy@MurphysLaw74 Told by an NHL & NHLPA source that 2016-17 cap could go down as much as $4 million. If true, interested in what that does to trade deadline RETWEETS162 LIKES61 12:56 PM - 12 Feb 2016 Different report from what Bettman said, but with the CAD at .70 cents and projected to go down further and 1/3 to 2/5 of NHL revenue coming from Canada it won't be surprising if the cap goes down. None of the Canadian teams making the playoffs will be another factor. NHLPA could use the 5% escalator again to artificially increase the cap or at least so it doesn't go down. Then they can give the money back via escrow like they're doing this year. If th players vote down the escalator that would be just under 4 mill. At the BOG meeting in December it was reported the cap could go up approx 3 million but they also said it was speculative and the Canadian dollar would have an impact. That increase was also predicted with the assumption that the NHLPA would kick in the 5% escalator as they do every year. http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/nhl-salary-cap-could-reach-74-5-million-for-2016-17/ Quote Cap projections are purely speculative at this point, as a number of factors, including the value of the Canadian dollar, will go into to determining where it lands ahead of next season. Reply Retweet Like MoreS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Guess we have to move a lot of aging under achieving vets then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 vs the majority of cap spending teams, Van's positioned quite favourably to adjust. Predicting now, Bettman will twist rules like pretzels if key US markets are adversely affected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selkirkcraig Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 could be a great break for the canucks. imagine getting some good players on the cheap, in the same manner the isles were able to add two d men for below market value merely because they had room (and the way we got ehroff, come to think of it). pick up 4 or 5 good players at a discount rate, draft high AND well, bring up the prospects we have to play with our young guys on the team, and BAM, the rebuild is on and the team is better in one season! of course, we'd have to dump as many contracts as possible - ham/vrb/pru/mil/bur/han/sbi/hig/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Could be favorable for us if we're able to shed cap prior to or at the deadline. Wouldn't be surprised to see it drop a bit though, it's not gonna go up every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlanB Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Introducing the next wave in off-season re-tooling, the "Vulture" strategy, heading into the off-season purposely light on contracts and overall salary in order to 'circle' the so called 'have' teams and pick off their assets for virtually nothing like the Isles did not long ago with Boychuck/Leddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakrami Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 2 hours ago, selkirkcraig said: could be a great break for the canucks. imagine getting some good players on the cheap, in the same manner the isles were able to add two d men for below market value merely because they had room (and the way we got ehroff, come to think of it). pick up 4 or 5 good players at a discount rate, draft high AND well, bring up the prospects we have to play with our young guys on the team, and BAM, the rebuild is on and the team is better in one season! of course, we'd have to dump as many contracts as possible - ham/vrb/pru/mil/bur/han/sbi/hig/ Screw the rebuild, according to Benning, we are making the playoffs! Expect a mid 1st round pick, only 1 pick, mind you. So that Horvat and McCann can experience getting their asses handed to in the first round of the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 So could my wife, but I won't hold my breath Wait...what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c00kies Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 35 minutes ago, Warhippy said: So could my wife, but I won't hold my breath Wait...what? It's Valentine's day; if you go up, she should go down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 5 minutes ago, c00kies said: It's Valentine's day; if you go up, she should go down So...like escalators? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c00kies Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 2 minutes ago, Warhippy said: So...like escalators? Well, things should escalate rather quickly...just make sure it's not like elevators or you'll arrive too soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 9 minutes ago, c00kies said: Well, things should escalate rather quickly...just make sure it's not like elevators or you'll arrive too soon. Gotcha, don't take the stairs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Stairs are good exercise, and quiet stairs can be very uplifting together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 12 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said: Stairs are good exercise, and quiet stairs can be very uplifting together. My wife runs a lot of stairs. It makes me descend like a pro sports league salary cap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 To quote the old Karate Champ arcade game. Warhippy full point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Good timing. Could be some bargains available - having cap when it's limited...opportunist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 8 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said: To quote the old Karate Champ arcade game. Warhippy full point. I have my moments. Back to the story at hand. I question the full $4 million at this point. it is peedicated on revenues and the canadian dollar. as of now we still have a chance of seeing 4 canadian teams in the playoffs. As of now the Sens Habs Nucks Jets and even Flames have a shot at the playoffs, slim but a chance. If they all make it that number should dwindle. Then the canadian dollar, at any point that could rise, 80 cents on the exchange brings that number down to $2 million or less. They need to lock this in soon no question but I won't plan for a worst case scenario yet. Much like this bottle of vino and this set of diamond earrings give me hope for tonight on Valentine's Day, the varaibles give me hope for the salary cap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 If this happens, lockout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 I doubt they allow the cap to go down, but I can easily imagine it staying exactly the same. Good luck trying to trade any of our vets in that circumstance... no one will want to be taking on cap space. Also, I doubt it impacts what the top UFAs get paid. Stamkos is going to get the same money regardless, but the mid range guys are going to be signing some really low dollar deals. Players have to be getting ticked at giving mack so much money via escrow just to benefit the few players who are signing deals this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHL rocks Posted February 15, 2016 Author Share Posted February 15, 2016 @Warhippy Over the past couple of years the players were very reluctant to kick in the 5% escalator, Right now they're paying 13% into escrow and not happy about that. If they vote down the escalator that's almost 4 mill right there. Also most economists are predicting further fall for the CAD. We're a resourced based economy and with China's economy slowing down and demand for our resources going down the dollar has no hope of going up any time soon. Let's see what happens, we really won't know until they make the announcement i guess. But if it does go down I'm glad we're well positioned cap wise going into the summer. Also if the players vote down the escalator I think NHL could chose to kick it in as well, we might see something completely weird with the NHL kicking in the escalator to artificially increase the cap so a bunch of teams don't have to dump players. It will just mean higher percentage of players' paychecks will go into escrow. Remember it doesn't really matter what the cap number is, players only get 50% of revenue no matter what. Players won't be happy but they could see close to 20% of their salary disappear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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