http://thetwolinepass.com/2008/11/report-says-cap-will-drop-substantially-next-year/ The Nashville Predators' No. 1 rival Mon, 21 May 2012 22:54:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://thetwolinepass.com/2008/11/report-says-cap-will-drop-substantially-next-year/#comment-677 crashlanding Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:37:35 +0000 http://thetwolinepass.com/?p=1030#comment-677 Well one of the motivating factors for teams to sign guys to 7+ year deals was that the cap would continue to increase. So while it may be a slight overpayment for aging players this year, by the time he reaches the last year of the deal his skills will surely have diminished, but the cap is 20% higher than when he signed the deal so it isn't that painful. However, if revenues have stalled some teams may have trouble resigning RFA players and will be vulnerable to offer sheets. July 1 will also be extremely interesting as the top free agents have commanded salaries that kept pace with the increase in the cap. Will this trend continue? Will Marian Gaborik or Marian Hossa receive those "10 year 80M" type contract offers? Will they take longer to sign than usual? The Penguins have 41.8M tied up in 12 players next year which doesn't include the sure to be overpaid Jordan Staal. The Rangers have 41.2M committed to just ten players. Detroit has 14 players signed for 41.2M but none of those players are Henrik Zetterberg. How is Chicago going to deal with resigning Kane, Toews, and Duncan Keith after next season? Most teams are going to be in a cap crunch. A reduction in the cap by 1.5M would put 17 teams this year either over or within 1.5M of the cap. This economic slowdown could become a boon for teams like Los Angeles, Toronto, Vancouver, and Phoenix who all have good youth, loads of cap space for next year, and possibly the ownership to make some major moves this summer. Well one of the motivating factors for teams to sign guys to 7+ year deals was that the cap would continue to increase. So while it may be a slight overpayment for aging players this year, by the time he reaches the last year of the deal his skills will surely have diminished, but the cap is 20% higher than when he signed the deal so it isn’t that painful. However, if revenues have stalled some teams may have trouble resigning RFA players and will be vulnerable to offer sheets. July 1 will also be extremely interesting as the top free agents have commanded salaries that kept pace with the increase in the cap. Will this trend continue? Will Marian Gaborik or Marian Hossa receive those “10 year 80M” type contract offers? Will they take longer to sign than usual? The Penguins have 41.8M tied up in 12 players next year which doesn’t include the sure to be overpaid Jordan Staal. The Rangers have 41.2M committed to just ten players. Detroit has 14 players signed for 41.2M but none of those players are Henrik Zetterberg. How is Chicago going to deal with resigning Kane, Toews, and Duncan Keith after next season? Most teams are going to be in a cap crunch. A reduction in the cap by 1.5M would put 17 teams this year either over or within 1.5M of the cap. This economic slowdown could become a boon for teams like Los Angeles, Toronto, Vancouver, and Phoenix who all have good youth, loads of cap space for next year, and possibly the ownership to make some major moves this summer.

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