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Post by BlackhawksGM (Admin) on Jan 9, 2013 9:23:07 GMT -5
Me and Pens were talking about the Salary Cap. We are thinking that we will leave the current league salary cap in place for this year and we will mirror the NHL salary cap next year and probably allow the 2 buyouts as the NHL seems to be doing going into a reduced salary cap of around 64 Million for next year.
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Post by WildGM on Jan 9, 2013 15:56:27 GMT -5
I agree with that one. After everyone doing their deals thinking that was the cap.
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Post by CanadiensGM on Jan 9, 2013 17:19:34 GMT -5
in the nhl they are actually buying out the player...here does it mean we get a free waiver without the 1/2 cap cost and the player goes into free agency pool?
a second question: When can we pick up a player that previously went undrafted and is now past their draft eligible year and who doesn't appear in our free agency listing?
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Post by CapitalsGM (Trade Council) on Jan 9, 2013 17:32:21 GMT -5
The buyout is a free waiver like you said. As for picking up a player I'm pretty sure you have to wait until they've played 51 games in the NHL otherwise you can draft them in the entry draft this summer.
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Post by BlackhawksGM (Admin) on Jan 10, 2013 9:32:38 GMT -5
What the caps said
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Post by PenguinsGM (Admin) on Jan 15, 2013 9:53:01 GMT -5
Looking into the buyout situation a little more. What the NHL has set up is that you get up to 2 compliance buyouts which can be used over the next 2 offseasons. There's a 2 week period right before Unrestricted Free Agency where these can be used.
We'll have a seperate thread in the waiver section for tracking these. These buyouts are different in that they don't count towards the team's cap when used.
This is a nice fallback option for teams to get down to the 64.3M number by Fall 2013, both in the NHL and in our league.
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Post by CapitalsGM (Trade Council) on Jan 15, 2013 11:58:57 GMT -5
When can we start using the buyouts?
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Post by PenguinsGM (Admin) on Jan 15, 2013 12:12:00 GMT -5
In the upcoming offseason this summer.
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Post by PenguinsGM (Admin) on Jan 15, 2013 15:15:36 GMT -5
We may get an early buyout afterall
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Post by PenguinsGM (Admin) on Jan 15, 2013 16:47:03 GMT -5
The new details are in on the buyouts www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=413602You can use 1 of the 2 compliance buyouts before the start of the season but half the caphit still applies for this season. After this season the contract is completely off the books. Basically if you have someone on a multiyear deal that you want to waive now but were gonna wait until the offseason so that it would come off the books completely, there's no need to wait now.
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