[Signing] Toronto to play $0 backup

[mll]

10 hours ago, DontMessMe said:

ELITE CAP GURU GILMAN 

Their cap guru is actually assistant GM Brandon Pridham.  He used to be senior director at the NHL's Central Registry where he helped draft the CBA and notably the section on the salary cap.

 

Edited October 17, 2021 by mll

[rekker]

Lol, we will look back on the Dubas era as a complete dubachary. Add Shanaplan to that. They made a complete mess of the talent, signings, trades. 

Edited October 17, 2021 by rekker

[sassbs]

14 hours ago, -Vintage Canuck- said:

Three words: Toronto Maple Laughs.

I once had a tshirt (when I was a kid) use to read:

 

Toronto Make Beleafs 

[King Heffy]

10 hours ago, mll said:

Their cap guru is actually assistant GM Brandon Pridham.  He used to be senior director at the NHL's Central Registry where he helped draft the CBA and notably the section on the salary cap.

 

Do they have any people who actually understand the sport in their front office?

[rekker]

2 hours ago, sassbs said:

I once had a tshirt (when I was a kid) use to read:

 

Toronto Make Beleafs 

 

[rekker]

1 minute ago, King Heffy said:

Do they have any people who actually understand the sport in their front office?

 

[lmm]

On 10/16/2021 at 1:25 PM, mll said:

 

Sandin and Liljegren are waiver free.  They are not sending one down because it would put them a skater short-handed.  So instead they decided to take the risk that their backup ATO won’t have to draw in.   

 

 

you clearly understand the CBA,

but have not explained how this qualifies as an emergency

or why the NHLPA allows for an non-union player to dress while circumventing the cap

[250Integra]

Dubas buying some time before finding a player to send to Robidas island

[mll]

14 hours ago, lmm said:

you clearly understand the CBA,

but have not explained how this qualifies as an emergency

or why the NHLPA allows for an non-union player to dress while circumventing the cap

 

There's no cap circumvention.  It's part of the CBA.  

 

During games teams have a 3rd goalie available in case both their starting goalie and backup goalie can't go.  It's typically an amateur.  That's how David Ayres got into a game as well as that accountant in Chicago (Scott Forster).  Those 3rd goalies don't count against the cap.  

 

When teams are short of 12 F + 6 D + 2 G and have no cap space to initiate a recall, they have to play a game short-handed.  They can then invoke emergency roster exemption and recall a player that makes at most 850K (league minimum + 100K) and who won't count against the cap. 

 

Toronto ran into some short-term injuries and were a player short - Matthews still being on IR.  They had to either play a goalie short-handed or a D short-handed.  They elected to dress 6 Ds rather than only 5 and took the risk that their 3rd goalie won't have to draw in.

 

Using their 3rd goalie as backup counts as being a game short-handed.  If something happened to Campbell it's that 3rd goalie who would have drawn in. 

 

 

[Wanless]

On 10/16/2021 at 12:59 PM, mll said:

They don’t have the cap space to bring him up.  So unless you want to reward Toronto for their poor cap management, it's not an option.

 

They 1st have to play a game short-handed.  They can then bring Hutchinson up.  Last season Vegas had to play several games short-handed for lack of cap space.  Same here.  

 

Teams need a back up goalie on the bench.  A few years ago Vancouver ran short of a backup goalie and they too signed an ATO for the night.

 

 

They did, a few teams have, but not for cap reasons. The famed zamboni driver and accountant goalies were due to logistical reasons as the emergency back up position. I imagine every team has this guy for either the home team or visiting team to use.

 

The leafs here just simply didnt manage their cap space properly and had to do this, that is what people are up in arms about