Speculation: With the cap going up significantly for at least the next 3 years, would any players resign before testing the open market?

[MHO]

I just thought with the cap going up like it was just announced, wouldn't any player going into free agency this summer want to test the market before resigning with their team? You never know what another team might offer or how they plan to use their cap space with it going up the way it will. A player can always resign after seeing what they can get from other teams.

I guess with only a few months left in the season, the risk mitigation of signing a deal before potentially getting injured wouldn't outweigh the earning potential of the open market.

What do you guys think?

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[Beerz]

Marcus Pettersson?

 

[Fatass]

Depends how much leverage the player has. Players with lots of leverage will sign contracts that factor in the future rise in cap. Those who have little to no leverage will continue getting less.

 

[dirtydanglez]

flat cap was only a thing for a few years. a rising cap is the norm and plenty of players re-signed prior to covid.

 

[banks]

They still get to negotiate with their own teams knowing that the cap is going up. So it's not like they have new bargaining power in the open market that they don't have when negotiating an extension.

I don't think you'll see significantly more players hit UFA just because of the cap increases.

 

[Dumais]

They will just negotiate from the numbers being published by the NHL. If a player is worth 8% of the cap then they will adjust the numbers accordingly. It's like buying UFA years when signing a RFA that would've become a free agent.

Nothing is going to change.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Hockey players don’t make as much as players in some other sports. They often don’t like to play games and like to just extend for term to lock in greater financial security.

 

[MHO]

Has it ever been announced that the cap is expected to rise by $25M or 30% within the next 3 years though? That's the new wrinkle. Yeah you can use that info to negotiate with your current team but why not explore how other teams view the rising cap?

I'm really just thinking about this summer's class. When you extend the timeframe out, not resigning adds further risk because it's more opportunities to get injured or for your game to go bad.

RE: Marcus Pettersson: yeah that goes against my logic.

Has it ever been announced that the cap is expected to rise by $25M or 30% within the next 3 years though? That's the new wrinkle. Yeah you can use that info to negotiate with your current team but why not explore how other teams view the rising cap?

I'm really just thinking about this summer's class. When you extend the timeframe out, not resigning adds further risk because it's more opportunities to get injured or for your game to go bad.

RE: Marcus Pettersson: yeah that goes against my logic. But maybe there was some kind of understanding before the trade went through.

 

[Hazy Little Thing]

Resign = quit
Re-sign = new contract