i disagree he had that much leverage first he has to perform second there has to be a team with cap space that can lure him away third it has to be a team he wants to go to
with a shrinking cap i think he has much less leverage than people think
I think it is exactly a market value deal. The average #1 center has a cap hit of $5,712,644 for this season. If you don't include the 5 #1 centers who do not have a contract for next season, that average goes up to $5,857,667. I believe Zajac is no worse than an average #1 center in the NHL and should be paid like one. That is likely what both Lou and Zajac's agent were thinking.
You have a point but keep in mind that this deal is signed under a CBA which says that the cap can't ever go below $64.3 million. The only season in which the cap has been higher is the current one so most of those deals talked were signed when cap was much lower than it will be when this deal kicks in. So I don't think the market has really changed the value of a 1st line C's at all.
UHL Pittsburgh Penguins
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G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, Hits, Blks, FOW
W, GAA, SV, SV%, SO
23 Man Roster - 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 3F, 6D, 1G, 4BN, 4IR
27 Man Minor Team
C- Tavares, Stepan, Granlund, Bjugstad, Couturier
LW- Ryan, Perron, Ennis, Killorn, Spaling
RW- Wheeler, Simmonds, Coyle, Wingels, Shaw
D- JJ, Schultz, Cowen, Muzzin, Bortuzzo, Stanton
G- Lehtonen, Rämö
F: Lehterä, Wennberg, McNeill, de la Rose, Fast, Leivo, Arnold, Archibald, Lindström
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it might not be able to go below that however those deals were signed assuming a rising cap of x% each year that is all in doubt now that these jokers decided to stage another lockout
plus going from 57% to 50% means even if the revenues increase by the prelockout amounts the cap will rise slower than it would have prior to signing the cba
The problem is that there are already a ton of extensions signed that begin next year in what would have been season with a cap well above 70 million. The contracts signed always assumed growth which is reasonable considering salaries always increase unless it is a CBA year where you get the extreme sudden change.
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24 Team Fantrax Salary Cap H2H Dynasty League
G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, Hits, Blks, FOW
W, GAA, SV, SV%, SO
23 Man Roster - 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 3F, 6D, 1G, 4BN, 4IR
27 Man Minor Team
C- Tavares, Stepan, Granlund, Bjugstad, Couturier
LW- Ryan, Perron, Ennis, Killorn, Spaling
RW- Wheeler, Simmonds, Coyle, Wingels, Shaw
D- JJ, Schultz, Cowen, Muzzin, Bortuzzo, Stanton
G- Lehtonen, Rämö
F: Lehterä, Wennberg, McNeill, de la Rose, Fast, Leivo, Arnold, Archibald, Lindström
D: Gelinas, Beaulieu, Koekkoek, McCabe, Johns, Gryba
G: Berra, Talbot, Brossoit, Ullmark, Lieuwen, Rynnäs
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The GM's who signed those deals with the expectation of a salary cap north of $70 million for 2013-14 were fools. They had to know the cap was going to go down for the short term atleast. Take Boston for example. They knew very well what to expect from new CBA when they gave the extensions to Lucic and Seguin.
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24 Team Fantrax Salary Cap H2H Dynasty League
G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, Hits, Blks, FOW
W, GAA, SV, SV%, SO
23 Man Roster - 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 3F, 6D, 1G, 4BN, 4IR
27 Man Minor Team
C- Tavares, Stepan, Granlund, Bjugstad, Couturier
LW- Ryan, Perron, Ennis, Killorn, Spaling
RW- Wheeler, Simmonds, Coyle, Wingels, Shaw
D- JJ, Schultz, Cowen, Muzzin, Bortuzzo, Stanton
G- Lehtonen, Rämö
F: Lehterä, Wennberg, McNeill, de la Rose, Fast, Leivo, Arnold, Archibald, Lindström
D: Gelinas, Beaulieu, Koekkoek, McCabe, Johns, Gryba
G: Berra, Talbot, Brossoit, Ullmark, Lieuwen, Rynnäs
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Here's the breakdown of the deal:
2013-14 $3.5 million (includes $1 million in signing bonus)
2014-15 $5 million (includes $1 million in signing bonus)
2015-16 $6.5 million
2016-17 $6.5 million
2017-18 $6.5 million
2018-19 $6.5 million
2019-20 $5.75 million
2020-21 $5.75 million
Full NTC.
UHL Pittsburgh Penguins
24 Team Fantrax Salary Cap H2H Dynasty League
G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, Hits, Blks, FOW
W, GAA, SV, SV%, SO
23 Man Roster - 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 3F, 6D, 1G, 4BN, 4IR
27 Man Minor Team
C- Tavares, Stepan, Granlund, Bjugstad, Couturier
LW- Ryan, Perron, Ennis, Killorn, Spaling
RW- Wheeler, Simmonds, Coyle, Wingels, Shaw
D- JJ, Schultz, Cowen, Muzzin, Bortuzzo, Stanton
G- Lehtonen, Rämö
F: Lehterä, Wennberg, McNeill, de la Rose, Fast, Leivo, Arnold, Archibald, Lindström
D: Gelinas, Beaulieu, Koekkoek, McCabe, Johns, Gryba
G: Berra, Talbot, Brossoit, Ullmark, Lieuwen, Rynnäs
*UHL Champion 2014*
I got to thinking about what you wrote here. Currently the highest caphit is $4.6M, but next year Lehtonen will have a caphit of $5.9M. Consider also that Gaglardi only took ownership a little over a year ago, November 21, 2011, to be exact. At that point they only had Morrow and Eriksson with caphits at or above $4M.
Since then they re-upped Lehtonen to the above $5M+ caphit, whereas his caphit prior to that was $3.5M. They've now paid out $4M+ each for Jagr, Whitney, and Roy. Gaglardi isn't necessarily going to be as conservative as previous ownership.
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