Value of: Marian Hossa to Ottawa

[ClydeLee]

Some sort of official no retiring clause agreed between Hossa, the hawks and the sens.

 

[leafsfan1234]

People actually think Chicago needs to worry about the cap recapture penalty? The NHL will bail them out or some loophole will be found. The NHL knows the Hawks being good are great for the ratings, just like they knew that it was in their best interest to let the Kings conveniently get rid of Mike Richards.

 

[Stuzchuk]

at the moment he's more valuable to CHI than he'd be to OTT, so it would cost us a VERY good prospect

plus cap recapture would be too high for CHI to even consider a trade

 

[thedoughboy]

People actually think Chicago needs to worry about the cap recapture penalty? The NHL will bail them out or some loophole will be found. The NHL knows the Hawks being good are great for the ratings, just like they knew that it was in their best interest to let the Kings conveniently get rid of Mike Richards.

There isn't a loophole, NHL is very specific about the topic. Their specificity is the main reason why I don't think they'll let teams off with this one.

Mike Richards was caught with narcotics at an international border, unless you're implying that was planned by the NHL, then it's hardly related.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Recapture makes trading Hossa not realistic

As for how Hawks will avoid recapture. Well Hossa has already suffered a slew of injuries so its likely that eventually the toll will result in him being done as a player and likely LTIR

NHL has shown very little interest in cracking down on LTIR and you cant deny a man who says his back cant hold up anymore and has previous history of issues when it comes down to determining if he can play or not

 

[Langdon Alger]

Dzingel wears 18 in Ottawa. We don't need another one.

 

[HawkeyTalkMan]

Due to the recapture, trading Hossa literally has the potential to set the franchise back 5-10 years.

With Toews, Kane, Keith, Seabrook large cap hits on the books for forever, a Hossa early retirement piles on devastating recapture penalties that would eat their cap structure for a long time. They would need probably 10+ ELC or minimum veteran salary players on the roster during that period if the cap remains relatively flat over that time too

 

[Rals]

Would immediately buy Jersey and sleep with it at night.

 

[NHL Dude 120]

Yotes should just take him, perfect contract they have 45 mil tied up and bunch of ehh players(minus Duclair) to re-sign. 1 mil a year till the 2020-21 season with a caphit of 5.275.

 

[Stubu]

Yotes should just take him, perfect contract they have 45 mil tied up and bunch of ehh players(minus Duclair) to re-sign. 1 mil a year till the 2020-21 season with a caphit of 5.275.

http://www.generalfanager.com/teams/arizona-coyotes

Projected cap hit: $73m
Projected cap space: $0
Total salary: $62m+
Contracts: 48/50

Now, there are a couple of funnies in there, but at least your 45 mil number looks way too low. Looks like Yotes is no longer the cap floor franchise that many still assume it to be.

That said, at $4m this season and $1m the following 4 seasons Hossa the player isn't necessarily a bad hockey choice for a team that isn't against the cap, and certainly the contract is attractive to a team trying to hit the floor.

But that recapture penalty for Hawks makes the whole thing so complicated in real life.