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[GretzkysMullet]

With the 17th overall pick the Halifax Krakens are happy to select Mr. Dependable… Nicklas Backstrom!

[Loch]

Speaking of Captains, With the 18th overall pick the Victoria Royals are proud to welcome Johnny T (no, the other one) Mr. Toews

[MCMackerel]

Great start to the draft everyone. Am I the only one holding out hope that a player will fall all the way down to me? I've got a few on my radar but in this league I'm not overly hopeful

[GretzkysMullet]

It will be yearly CAP HIT per player that is used.
Some players with new contracts haven't yet been updated (Tarasenko) yet on Fantrax - but the Fantrax numbers will be the ones used.
As for which site I reference... still go NHLnumbers but have been using GeneralFanager too.

Ultimately, the $100m cap is so high that I don't think anybody is going to hit it. (Just my own math).
The $100m cap is really only going to come into play mid-season when one team tries to bring in a bunch of veterans (via trade) for a playoff push.

With the new "star" price clocking in between 7-10 million seems to me it won't be that hard to hit 100? I haven't done any math though :P

I've been using https://www.hockeyscap.com

[VintageVibe]

With the new "star" price clocking in between 7-10 million seems to me it won't be that hard to hit 100? I haven't done any math though :P

I've been using https://www.hockeyscap.com

It definitely will be interesting to see where teams end up in re: to the cap.

A lot of the stars are getting $8-10+ mil these days but this being a 24 team league... Id be surprised if someone ends up with more than 1 or 2 of those contracts.

BTW, thanks for the link (and yours too, Pengwin).

[havanablast21]

With the 13th overall pick in the draft, GM newfcollins has selected for the Montreal Canadiens, Taylor Hall (LW-EDM).

Damn that Neuf. But my... Hallsy... looking suave!

[Pengwin7]

Here's one way to look at the $100m cap.
PRETEND that all 30 NHL teams roster a full $72m in cap. (which they don't... many teams are well below the cap)
That's $2160m in player cap dollars.

Divide that total NHL cap dollars by our 24 teams...
$90m per 24 teams.

And we can't average that because we aren't rostering all 690 NHL players. (30 NHL teams x 23 carrying players)
We can only roster 24 teams x 25 players = 600 players.

Of those 90 NHL players, probably avg $1m each.
So that's $90m less of our rosters.

WHL teams should about $80-$85m per team, if my calculations are correct.

Summary:
Assuming the draft is fairly well dispersed with most teams mixing youth/vets...
$100m cap won't be an issue until teams starting trading their low-paid youth for high-paid veterans closer to trade deadlines.
And that's why the $100m cap was even set.

[newfcollins]

$100m cap won't be an issue until teams starting trading their low-paid youth for high-paid veterans.

Challenge accepted!

All my mid-round picks will be guys like David Clarkson, Nathan Horton, Ryan Suter, etc.

[evans334]

Challenge accepted!

All my mid-round picks will be guys like David Clarkson, Nathan Horton, Ryan Suter, etc.

I'm new to cap leagues, so what happens if a I have a player on IR, do I get cap hit relief or does it stay the same?

[Brosive]

I'm new to cap leagues, so what happens if a I have a player on IR, do I get cap hit relief or does it stay the same?

Players on minors and IR won't count towards your cap

[Pengwin7]

Players on minors and IR won't count towards your cap

Yes, I believe this is true.
(If it's not, we'll fix it. Just the "25" on the PRO-active roster should count.)

[GretzkysMullet]

Assuming the draft is fairly well dispersed with most teams mixing youth/vets...

This is where it could get interesting. With a couple of high picks already dedicated to prospects from this year's draft class things are going to get skewed a bit on the top end of the draft, and those decisions will likely influence decisions later on as well. I think we'll see a range of strategies, and I would guess there will be teams at or very close to the cap.

[newfcollins]

Do we have a cap floor?

[Pengwin7]

This is where it could get interesting. With a couple of high picks already dedicated to prospects from this year's draft class things are going to get skewed a bit on the top end of the draft, and those decisions will likely influence decisions later on as well. I think we'll see a range of strategies, and I would guess there will be teams at or very close to the cap.

Perhaps.
A strong team, even when building with youth should still be looking at best-player-available for trade-value.
It's obviously way too early to take a Strome/Marner/Hanifin or Ekblad/Sam Bennett... so I think the McDavid & Eichel owners are still going to go after a high-paid quality player with their 2nd/3rd round picks.

Hopefully goNucks shows up soon.


btw. NO CAP FLOOR.*
I know some leagues institute this to hedge against craptastic tanking... but if a team wants they can just circumvent them with rostering garbage overpaid players anyway - like Clarkson.

[GretzkysMullet]

Perhaps.
A strong team, even when building with youth should still be looking at best-player-available for trade-value.
It's obviously way too early to take a Strome/Marner/Hanifin or Ekblad/Sam Bennett... so I think the McDavid & Eichel owners are still going to go after a high-paid quality player with their 2nd/3rd round picks.

Hopefully goNucks shows up soon.


btw. NO CAP FLOOR.*
I know some leagues institute this to hedge against craptastic tanking... but if a team wants they can just circumvent them with rostering garbage overpaid players anyway - like Clarkson.

For sure. I'm not saying those teams aren't going take high-paid, quality players, just that with an initial direction like that they may be less inclined to take older, high-paid players (like Zetterberg, Thornton etc.)