It's probably going to cost more in a couple years, but we're in pretty crucial period where we need to win immediately. If we signed him for 5 million we'd be in a really tough spot.
Yes, exactly your first 2 sentences! Term can be great, but we have to consider that the Sens (Dorion) signed lots of the younger players to long term expensive contracts to lock them in. It looks good when it works but a fair number of those contracts have not aged well. The team is taking a chance that they may end up paying even more if the player is able to prove themselves, but that's the point! At least they'll be paying based on a proven record of contribution, performance. If they do pay more at least that is pay earned rather than pay based on expections, potential or worse, hopes or prayers. The other benefit to bridge is that you have more CAP available in the short term to improve the team. Can't ignore that.
I think the details align well for the club with 2 years of RFA following the current bridge. It will cost them more, but it allows them to improve the team a little bit short term, while assessing what they have long term. It could end up with the club having more years out of him too. 6 year deal and he's a UFA after. Maybe we go 2 then 6, 7 or 8 after.
Consider too that this buys the Sens more time to see what shakes out wrt Norris.
His QO will be anchored to his last year pay, not AAV, so very smart of him (& agent) to back-load it that way. The team pays the same AAV wise in terms of cap hit, but this counts for them. I guess the team agreeing to BL it was just a bit more sugar.
Doesn't it only count against cap when he is playing up with the Sens?
The whole amount? Is his NHL cap hit only for the games he is up with the big boys, is it prorated or must the Sens apply the full annual AAV while he is up? I could see the league forcing them to apply the balance of the season while he is called up because the league has no idea how long the Sens plan to keep him there, but any games he played in AHL is water under the bridge. Also, if he is returned, only the games he played should count against cap. So confusing. Again, I need my secret decoder ring.
Cap is calculated daily, so the yearly charge would depend on how many days he is on team, for the year.
I don't like Caufield & see Pinto as rght up there with Cozens who I think is a decent comparable. Hopefully, he starts next yr the way he played when he came back from suspension & with the Norris situation it's likely he fills one of the two top six centre spots given Norris could be moved to the wing.
I think you got it about right, Zegras is a bit tricky, I like Pinto more, and while Byram still has loads of upside, I'm not sure I'd swap them (he did seem to really excel with additional opportunity in buffalo)
$3.6 m of projected cap space so the moves will have be small ones.
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$3.6 m of projected cap space so the moves will have be small ones.
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The QO maxes out at 120% of the AAV, there was and change in the MoU for contracts signed after 2020.
4.5 I believe, the MoU after Covid changed the rules to cap QO's at 120% of the AAV.
