This is the real reason we should be upset about Stastny walking for free.So... only one remains.
http://avalanchedb.com/archives/lindrostree.php
I know it's a long shot, but all our hope is now on Stefan Elliott turning into something valuable enough to keep the legacy alive.
Imagine that were back in 2012... and someone tells you that in 3 years the Avs have a team with Duchene, MacKinnon, EJ, Grigorenko, and Zadorov... here's to hoping that they all reach their full potential!
Was looking at it last night and we'll have ~25M to spend next year. But that has to include EJ, Barrie, MacKinnon first and then still needs to cover 5-6 role players/ELCs. Not having to pay Zadorov more than pennies for a couple years really gives us cap relief.
I wouldn't want anything to do with Radulov if he disrupted the salary structure, though. That would simply be another ROR issue but a different name. It's got to work financially for us and after EJ/MacK/Barrie are all locked up. Then we can look to Radulov
I hate to break it to you, but Stuarts contract extension is a 35+ deal. A buyout on those doesn't give you cap relief.
http://www.generalfanager.com/buyouts/599
Expansion draft aka the iginla/stuart/beachamin cap relief draft.
I believe that is under the old CBA and has since been changed. (see below) Even if it hadn't, under the old rule of the old CBA - Stuart signed that contract extension when he was 34 years old, so yes, they would get cap relief if he were bought out.
The CBA also contains a 35-and-over rule, sometimes referred to as the Mogilny rule.[8] This rule states that if a player signs a multi-year deal when the player is 35 or older, starting in the second year of the contract, that amount will count towards the team's salary cap regardless of whether the player is on the active roster or not (unless the player is on long-term injured reserve); this provision remains in effect for the 2013 CBA. This is designed to keep teams from signing older players to lucrative front-loaded contracts, thus saving cap room, in which there is no expectation the player will actually play in the latter years.
The 35 rule clarified. In an email to CapGeek, the NHL informed them (prior to the 2013 CBA - and now in the 2013 CBA) - a player who signs a contract as a 35 plus can be bought out as a compliance buyout, or, as a regular buyout. As a regular buyout, only the buyout portion of that contract counts towards the cap. [9]
Players, agents or employees found to have violated the cap face fines of $250,000 - $1 million and/or suspension. Teams found to have violated the cap face fines of up to $5 million, cancellation of contracts, loss of draft picks, loss of points and/or forfeiture of game(s) determined to have been affected by the violation of the cap.
But regardless of all that, depending on when expansion occurs, guys like Brad Stuart and maybe even Beauchemin (for that 3rd year - if he's trailed off too much) could be left off of the protected list and made available for Vegas and/or Seattle/Quebec.
Expansion draft aka the iginla/stuart/beachamin cap relief draft.
Do NMC/NTC matter when it comes to an expansion draft? I think all of our old guys have them.
Was looking at it last night and we'll have ~25M to spend next year. But that has to include EJ, Barrie, MacKinnon first and then still needs to cover 5-6 role players/ELCs. Not having to pay Zadorov more than pennies for a couple years really gives us cap relief.
I can tell already that I will be very sick of hearing about Radulov by 2016-2017 when he will actually be relevant to the Avs.
I'm not sure [section 50.5 area of CBA] but I don't think it matters when it was signed, but the age of the player on the last day of the season (June 30) before the new SPC [extension] goes into effect.
Obviously we have to be able to lock up our core (EJ, MacK and Barrie); but Radulov would be our best skater until MacKinnon started hitting his prime, so there's nothing wrong if he upsets the salary structure and becomes our highest payed player.
I have serious doubts about this. I understand he's phenomenal in the KHL and all but I just don't buy that he would be the best skater on this team ahead of Duchene, Landeskog, and EJ.
I have serious doubts about this. I understand he's phenomenal in the KHL and all but I just don't buy that he would be the best skater on this team ahead of Duchene, Landeskog, and EJ.
lol, I'd be interested to see someone make up a team for 2016-17 that includes Radulov under the cap.