TheRussianRocket. Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2015/04/26/bettman-projects-2015-16-cap-will-be-71-5-million/Throughout the regular season, the salary cap for 2015-16 has been a subject of speculation due to the decline in the Canadian dollar. We've become used to dramatic annual jumps in the ceiling, with the obvious exception of the new CBA resulting in a rollback. From 2013-14 to 2014-15 for example, the cap went from $64.3 million to $69 million. Those climbs have been important for teams that spend to the ceiling as it gives them critical maneuvering room. For those squads, the good news is it is expected to go up again but not by as much as originally hoped. With the season and most of the first round done, Gary Bettman is projecting that the salary cap will end up being around $71.5 million, per Sportsnet's Chris Johnston. That's in contrast to the December estimate of about $73 million. The modest increase is particularly problematic for the Chicago Blackhawks as Patrick Kane's and Jonathan Toews' matching eight-year, $84 million contracts are set to kick in next season. Although they aren't the only squad that will have some difficulty finding a way to stay under the ceiling. This could lead to more trades like the New York Islanders' acquisition of defensemen Nick Leddy and Johnny Boychuk from Chicago and Boston respectively prior to the start of the campaign. Those trades gave the Islanders a significant boost and likely only happened because the Bruins and Blackhawks were in a tough cap position. $2.5 mill increase from this years $69 mill cap. Like this more than the $73 that was projected earlier on this year which would've helped the top teams more than anything getting their finances under control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonMexico Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Forcing the top teams to dump key players is just another step to maintain parity across the board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLLmAtlc Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 10 million per player LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejazz97 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 10 million per player LOL Is that Chicago? Or Arizona in 2030? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Forcing the top teams to dump key players is just another step to maintain parity across the board.We're seeing a growing pattern of quicker peaks and valleys for teams across the league. So I guess the secret would be to valley in good draft years. Wait. That's not a secret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatedkid666 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 I would love to see the canucks pry seabrook out of the blackhawks hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skolozsy2 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Unfortunately without capgeek, this announcement is meaningless to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejazz97 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Fortunately with spotrac, this announcement is meaninglful to me. FTFY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skolozsy2 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 FTFY You just made my Christmas Card list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 You just made my Christmas Card list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Unfortunately without capgeek, this announcement is meaningless to m Am I the only person that thinks it is strange no new credible replacement has been started? spotrac looked ok and I've used nhlnumbers but neither are close to being as good as cap geek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejazz97 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Am I the only person that thinks it is strange no new credible replacement has been started? spotrac looked ok and I've used nhlnumbers but neither are close to being as good as cap geek. spotrac is okay, you can't do trades unless you've got a pad of paper and a calculator next to you. It's about as close as one's gonna get. CapGeek was a work of art. You can't really replace works of art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
people please Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 More cap for Benning to sign terrible contracts, I'm scared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyhee Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Bettman is now quoted as saying the cap is likely to rise 5% from this year's $69 million, settling in at about $71 million. Because a 5% increase from $69 million is $72.45 million rather than $71 million I looked at several sources to see if Bettman was misquoted. All the sources I looked at had the same words, though the 5% reference was often in a different paragraph from the $71 million reference. Some sources are: http://www.abcactionnews.com/sports/hockey/nhl-salary-cap-will-climb-to-71-million-for-2015-2016-season?autoplay=true http://www.vicnews.com/national/sport/304663851.html http://www.si.com/nhl/2015/05/22/nhl-salary-cap There may well be some deals available similar to the Islanders picking up Leddy and Boychuk last fall. Unfortunately, the Canucks aren't as things stand now in any position to take advantage of those deals and any moves the Canucks might want to make to dump salary will face competition from other teams wanting or needing to dump salary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HC20.0 Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Bettman is now quoted as saying the cap is likely to rise 5% from this year's $69 million, settling in at about $71 million. Because a 5% increase from $69 million is $72.45 million rather than $71 million I looked at several sources to see if Bettman was misquoted. All the sources I looked at had the same words, though the 5% reference was often in a different paragraph from the $71 million reference. Some sources are: http://www.abcactionnews.com/sports/hockey/nhl-salary-cap-will-climb-to-71-million-for-2015-2016-season?autoplay=true http://www.vicnews.com/national/sport/304663851.html http://www.si.com/nhl/2015/05/22/nhl-salary-cap There may well be some deals available similar to the Islanders picking up Leddy and Boychuk last fall. Unfortunately, the Canucks aren't as things stand now in any position to take advantage of those deals and any moves the Canucks might want to make to dump salary will face competition from other teams wanting or needing to dump salary. The Hawks are going to have to start dismantling to fit their Toews and Kane contracts, and it sucks because we can't take advantage of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJockitch Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Seabrook is a UFA next summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboose Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 General Fanager is better than spotrac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBH1926 Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 I would love to see the canucks pry seabrook out of the blackhawks hands Sharp, Bickell, Versteeg, Crawford will get moved before Seabrook goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejazz97 Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 General Fanager is better than spotrac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amish Rake Fighter Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Chicago, LA and Boston are boned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.