elvis15 Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 I don't think they will either. These contracts go until they are 40, which isn't completely unreasonable. I think Kovalchuk's deal went until he was 42 or 43 which is getting into Chelios territory. Maybe 40 is the limit for the NHL to take issue with it? I do think the NHL should do something about these obvious cap circumventing deals. My idea is that the team should just take the cap hit straight up. No averaging it out over the length of the deal. There would be no incentive (other than job security) for these super long contracts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted July 4, 2012 Author Share Posted July 4, 2012 Based on past rulings (Hossa, Luongo, Kovi) I don't see anything illegal about these deals either. The new CBA will certainly change that, but they can't say anything until there's something in place to prevent it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prngr44 Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 This contract was ALSO approved and endorsed by Gary Bettman. 2010-11 $10,000,000 2011-12 $6,716,000 2012-13 $6,714,000 2013-14 $6,714,000 2014-15 $6,714,000 2015-16 $6,714,000 2016-17 $6,714,000 2017-18 $6,714,000 2018-19 $3,382,000 2019-20 $1,618,000 2020-21 $1,000,000 2021-22 $1,000,000 This one's essentially an 8 year deal, Zetterberg's 9, both stretched out to 12 years to circumvent the cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudd Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 The NHL should review these contracts, but they probably won't. Besides, it'll be nice seeing Minnesota try to get these 2 overpaid players off their hands when they start being liabilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboose Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Parise is 27 now, when the salary drops off to 2 million he will be 38. Would you pay more than that for a 38 year old? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Naslund Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Parise is 27 now, when the salary drops off to 2 million he will be 38. Would you pay more than that for a 38 year old? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_lax_ Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Parise is 27 now, when the salary drops off to 2 million he will be 38. Would you pay more than that for a 38 year old? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoosh Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Parise is 27 now, when the salary drops off to 2 million he will be 38. Would you pay more than that for a 38 year old? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InTo ThE WiLD Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 As a Fan of the Wild , I'm at the same time excited to get these two players that are really gonna help to improve the team but I am wondering how we will resign our great prospects , as it is vital to resign them in a few years, we will need Coyle, Dumba, Granlund , Brodin etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prngr44 Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 That's asinine reasoning, why should they be guessing at when they'll decline as players and causing their highest paid contract years to look smaller on the books? Time to limit the term length because we all know NHL GM's just can't control themselves.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NME Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 For sure. But his cap hit is still 7.5 then. That's the problem then when they try to stay competitive then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted July 5, 2012 Author Share Posted July 5, 2012 At the end of the 12 year contracts the cap will be over 190 million with the average growth rate since cap inception. The 7.5 cap will only be 3.9% of the cap. We pay almost 40 star players about 4 million per year now or roughly 5.7% of the cap (Whitney, Jagr, Selanne, etc). And that's if they decide to play those last few years. Remaining competitive won't be an issue with these contracts, even at half the growth rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4four4 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Now that the structure of the contracts is public showing the final 3 years paying almost nothing just to lower the cap hit... do you think the league reviews these and maybe doesn't allow them? There are arguments on both sides of the equation as to whether the league would do this: 1. It is a good news story that a small market place gets these guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suolucidir Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 They won't but they should. Then again, the Luongo contract was just as bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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