Which teams are best positioned going forward with the salary cap about to explode?

[Ratsreign]

How many years of crap attendance did they have

As many years as they had shitty ownership who never build anything.

 

[FissionFire]

Detroit is in a great position right now.

Larkin is signed at 8.7M until 2031
Raymond is signed at 8.08M until 2032
Seider is signed at 8.55M until 2031

Only Compher and Rasmussen are signed past 2027.

They have core locked up at steals for a long time and a ton of space to add players with very little long-term money committed.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Detroit is in a great position right now.

Larkin is signed at 8.7M until 2031
Raymond is signed at 8.08M until 2032
Seider is signed at 8.55M until 2031

Only Compher and Rasmussen are signed past 2027.

They have core locked up at steals for a long time and a ton of space to add players with very little long-term money committed.

If they're smart, as soon as July 1st hits they're tossing 8 x $8.5M at Edvinsson.

Of course, Edvinsson would probably be dumb to take that too... But a lot of players are just wanting the financial security now.

 

[qc14]

The teams in the best position are teams with ownership that are willing to spend to the cap. There are tons of small market teams who will struggle to break even with the cap floor rising so high. I dont see there being more than 10-12 teams who cap out in 3 years. There are more teams operating on an internal budget than fans realize at a glance.

While I agree with this I'd say it's not necessarily small market = lower internal cap and is more just the owner themselves. I think we'll see some of the "borderline" good owners -- Seattle, Anaheim, Colorado, Carolina, New Jersey, Pittsburgh immediately come to mind -- all of the sudden start to complain about attendance, TV deals, etc ...

 

[WarriorofTime]

While I agree with this I'd say it's not necessarily small market = lower internal cap and is more just the owner themselves. I think we'll see some of the "borderline" good owners -- Seattle, Anaheim, Colorado, Carolina, New Jersey, Pittsburgh immediately come to mind -- all of the sudden start to complain about attendance, TV deals, etc ...

I'd wager most teams spend based on their revenues, and only occasionally dip into the owners' pockets beyond that if they really think they can win a cup in the next 2-3 years.

 

[Ratsreign]

I'd wager most teams spend based on their revenues, and only occasionally dip into the owners' pockets beyond that if they really think they can win a cup in the next 2-3 years.

Or if they’re trying to build a franchise up from a perennial laughing stock into a respectable organization.

 

[Silky Johnson]

Looking around, Ottawa seem to be in a good position. All their core members are signed at reasonable cap hits for 3+ years

Came here to say this. If Andlauer spends to the cap or close to it. Ottawa will be able to spend a bunch of money on depth in 2027-28 while having their core guys locked up on a discount. Assuming they lock up pinto they look like this

Tkachuk 8.21 - Stutzle 8.35 - Batherson 4.98

? - Norris 7.95 - ?

Greig 3.25 - Pinto ~6 - ?

? - Ostapchuk ~2 - Amadio 2.6

Sanderson 8.05 - Yakemchuk .900

Chabot 8 - ?

Kleven ~ 2.5 - ?

Ulmark 8.25
Merilainen ~3

74.03M leaving 39.97 from 114 cap

Remaining budget:

2M for 2 ELC players (7D + 13F)

10M 2nd line RW/LW

7M 2nd line RW/LW

5M 3rd line RW

3M 4th line LW

9m 1/2nd Pairing RD

3m for 3rd Pairing RD

Around 1M for cap flexibility

Looks pretty favourable

 

[Golden_Jet]

Came here to say this. If Andlauer spends to the cap or close to it. Ottawa will be able to spend a bunch of money on depth in 2027-28 while having their core guys locked up on a discount. Assuming they lock up pinto they look like this

Tkachuk 8.21 - Stutzle 8.35 - Batherson 4.98

? - Norris 7.95 - ?

Greig 3.25 - Pinto ~6 - ?

? - Ostapchuk ~2 - Amadio 2.6

Sanderson 8.05 - Yakemchuk .900

Chabot 8 - ?

Kleven ~ 2.5 - ?

Ulmark 8.25
Merilainen ~3

74.03M leaving 39.97 from 114 cap

Remaining budget:

2M for 2 ELC players (7D + 13F)

10M 2nd line RW/LW

7M 2nd line RW/LW

5M 3rd line RW

3M 4th line LW

9m 1/2nd Pairing RD

3m for 3rd Pairing RD

Around 1M for cap flexibility

Looks pretty favourable

1 million for cap flexibility isn’t really flexible, that is easyily gone with just injuries, and doesn’t allow in season moves.
Make it 3-4 million, but with the exchange rate and a new building likely, with the revenues team generates, doesn’t really make sense. Would need more expensive tickets and constant sell-outs.