Confirmed with Link: Oilers sign Connor Brown to 1-year incentive laden deal ($775K caphit, potentially $3.25M in bonuses)
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TopShelfGloveSide
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I have defended him a lot but I didn’t even notice he was playing tonight…
ThePhoenixx
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Holland needs to be fired over the handling of this contract. He just destroyed next years cap for what appears to be a year where they will miss the playoffs.
GMofOilers
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Never seen so many people upset over a 775K cap hit
If our nightmare continues, there will be no cap hit next year, it will be eaten this year.
If our nightmare continues, there will be no cap hit next year, it will be eaten this year.
TKB21
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Because it’s not a 775k cap….However you want to spin it the guy is making 4 million….wether that partially counts next year or all this year we paid 4 million for a player that will be lucky to get 15 points…
ThePhoenixx
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Exactly, and they had an out.
It's not Browns fault. He's not going to say no to that contract.
GMofOilers
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Oh but it is a 775k cap hit this year.
McLeod has 3x the cap hit and has done nothing, I don’t see a single thread on him.
Yes, but then next year it’s 3.25 million for nothing. The Oilers would have to move out a player making over 4 million with nothing in return to complete eat that cap this year. I could see a few hundred thousand ate this year with a dead line move if things don’t improve, also if the Oilers are still in LTIR and over the cap even if the LTIR room isn’t spent completely Browns full bonus will carry over.
McLeod, yes is having a bad year. But he’s young and prior to this season was a decent bottom six forward.
GMofOilers
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It’s not necessarily next year, no. At this rate there will be no cap hit on next years books
Which means it's essentially 4 million this year. It's 4 million, one way or another.
rboomercat90
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It’s really not that hard to figure out. There was a rare out clause to walk away from a bad contract and the team didn’t take it.
No it's not a $775 cap hit this year. It is exactly as much as whatever cap space remains. Considering we're already into next year territory, they need to move contracts to ensure none of it comes out of next year.
MoontoScott
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Like you say, no way was "Gentleman Ken" going to do it. He's built a career and a huge fortune on a playbook that says "don't ruffle any feathers" and it wasn't going to change in this situation. He's very much a corporate climber type personality and always has been. He knows which strings to pull and which strings not to pull.
You do realize that’s what I said, but actually mentioned that they need to trade out money and not be on LTIR and over the cap?
And at this point the season the Oilers would need to move 5 in cap hit million to get the cap space to eat Browns full bonus and replace him with a league minimum contract. If that five million is done with two players you have to add the cost to replace the second roster spot. With accruing very little space prior to going on LTIR where teams don’t accrue space as the season drags on covering Browns bonus gets harder and harder.
Cause it’s not LTIR cap, and the bonus is already achieved so I don’t see any GM or an owner letting a trade happen for dead money with the Oilers not giving away a non lottery protected 1st and probably a late rounder which is steep for a bad signing. Never mind dumping Campbell or buying him out there’s a lot at play and it’s not easy to do and make the team not be handcuffed down the road.
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Faelko
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Anyone that understands the cap better than I can maybe answer this question.
The buyout period is mid-June, the NHL season ends June 30th (I think?), it seems a given that Campbell will be bought out, can the Oilers use that space to offset Browns bonus on this years cap?
The buyout period is mid-June, the NHL season ends June 30th (I think?), it seems a given that Campbell will be bought out, can the Oilers use that space to offset Browns bonus on this years cap?
I believe the buy out of Campbell would be next years cap not this years, so no. The window is after this years regular season is complete you can’t buyout what was already paid.
Faelko
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Makes sense, so basically theyre pre-buying out Campbell for the 24/25 season. I was hoping there was a loophole they could exploit.
Ken Holland got lifted to a Conference Finals by Connor and Leon playing out of their minds and then felt that adding Brown and Campbell were the key pieces that would put the team over the top.
TheNumber4
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I wish they’d put the Connor Brown negotiation on the Oilers+ so I could see exactly how Holland bungled his way through the negotiation on the bonus.
Kenny: “How bout you prove you can score 10 goals and we’ll pay you more than what a 10 goal scorer would be worth? Doesnt that sound fair? ”
Brown: “How bout I just play 10 games and I get my bonus”
Kenny: “Deal!”
Kenny: “How bout you prove you can score 10 goals and we’ll pay you more than what a 10 goal scorer would be worth? Doesnt that sound fair? ”
Brown: “How bout I just play 10 games and I get my bonus”
Kenny: “Deal!”
Trafalgar Sadge Law
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He officially has lower PPG as an Oiler than Steve MacIntyre and Brad Malone now. 13 more games and he can officially take the title of least productive forward in Oilers history from Mike Brown.
Impressively bad player offensively and not even good defensively.
Biggest blunder of Hollands career was giving his bonus being almost automatic and screwing us next year for a guy putting up 2nd line AHL numbers next to McDrai. Like. It’s impressive how bad that is.
Biggest blunder of Hollands career was giving his bonus being almost automatic and screwing us next year for a guy putting up 2nd line AHL numbers next to McDrai. Like. It’s impressive how bad that is.
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