Salary Cap: Chris MacFarland - Record as Avalanche GM (Updates In First Post)

[expatriatedtexan]

Cale Makar will have a record breaking contract on his desk the second July 1st hits.

Hmm... So, 95.5M payroll, max a player can take is 20%... so call it 19M/year and we are good?

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

As bad as their drafting has been, they still hit enough on guys like Barron, Helleson, Ritchie, Annunen, Kovalenko, and Zellers to enable them to use them to trade for Lehkonen, Manson, Blackwood, Wedgewood, Nelson, and Coyle.

Looking at the names we traded away. I don't see problem with our system. It's pretty amazing really. We got for a lot of nothing amazing players. (Okay Ritchie will be fine NHLer, Kovalenko too)

 

[dahrougem2]

Hmm... So, 95.5M payroll, max a player can take is 20%... so call it 19M/year and we are good?

Payroll will be higher in 26-27

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Payroll will be higher in 26-27

Consider that his home-town discount?

 

[forsbergavs32]

TBH, I'm not sure I see Cale going for an insane amount on his next contract. Don't get me wrong, he will absolutely get paid well because of the cap increase but I think he values winning over money. My guess is he signs 8 year, somewhere around 13-13.5m

 

[RoyIsALegend]

TBH, I'm not sure I see Cale going for an insane amount on his next contract. Don't get me wrong, he will absolutely get paid well because of the cap increase but I think he values winning over money. My guess is he signs 8 year, somewhere around 13-13.5m

Hometown discount for Calgary?

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

TBH, I'm not sure I see Cale going for an insane amount on his next contract. Don't get me wrong, he will absolutely get paid well because of the cap increase but I think he values winning over money. My guess is he signs 8 year, somewhere around 13-13.5m

That's too little but of course that would be amazing.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

TBH, I'm not sure I see Cale going for an insane amount on his next contract. Don't get me wrong, he will absolutely get paid well because of the cap increase but I think he values winning over money. My guess is he signs 8 year, somewhere around 13-13.5m

I mean... if he feels that strongly about it, sure?!!

 

[Foppa2118]

$15M might be what we should hope for on the discount for the Avs on Cale.

His first year in 2027-28 will be under an $113.5M cap.

For reference, Nate's $15.09% of the cap on his new deal would be $17,127,150 under 27-28's cap.

 

[The Merchant]

Cale took a discount last time because he "believed in the program." If the team's outlook is just as good I wouldn't be surprised if he took another team-friendly deal. He's a gamer. He's no Mikko Rantanen.

That said, it's Cale f***ing Makar. You hand him a blank check and call it a day.

 

[Vaslof]

TBH, I'm not sure I see Cale going for an insane amount on his next contract. Don't get me wrong, he will absolutely get paid well because of the cap increase but I think he values winning over money. My guess is he signs 8 year, somewhere around 13-13.5m

McDavid will sign a new contract a year before Makar. I think that will be used as a comparison. He might get a bit over McDavid to make him the highest paid player kinda like MacKinnon. I think 18M will be the upper limit, but I would guess more like 15-16M for both.

 

[Ararana]

The problem with having the best player at a position is there will be heavy pressure from the NHLPA to reset the market for everyone else.

I wouldn't be expecting too much of a hand out from Cale Makar in '27. Maybe a million/year off the top, like MacKinnon, that's about it.

 

[SirLoinOfCloth]

Then in 29-30 #1 dman Darnell Nurse will reset the market for defensemen again so who gives a f*** what Makar gets in 27.

 

[Ararana]

Then in 29-30 #1 dman Darnell Nurse will reset the market for defensemen again so who gives a f*** what Makar gets in 27.

Edmonton always on standby for the comic relief

 

[Vaslof]

I'm just gonna call it now: the salary cap will stagnate due to lost revenue from a recession. I will refer back to this post in X years. Hi future me?

 

[Frenchy]

I'm just gonna call it now: the salary cap will stagnate due to lost revenue from a recession. I will refer back to this post in X years. Hi future me?

They've been talking about it up here in Canada. Teams in Canada could be in touble with what's going on right now and it could affect the cap.

 

[Alienblood]

I'm just gonna call it now: the salary cap will stagnate due to lost revenue from a recession. I will refer back to this post in X years. Hi future me?

This and with that being said a lot of teams aren't gonna spend to the max cap