Edited May 9, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.
MARLEAU ( explained )
After agreement with Management, in the last week of September Marleau goes into heavy load fitness workout to back-spasm himself, so hes out for at least 4 weeks ( 10 Games )
FACT : When a player has an injury of which they are expected to miss a minimum of 10 NHL games and 24 days in the NHL season, the team can place them on long term injured reserve (LTIR). LTIR can be used to exceed the salary cap.
MARNER ( explained )
8 x 11M
7 x 10M
6 x 9M
Still way above in $$ / Term then Kutcherovs 8 x 9,5M ( for the »taxes argument« ppl )
KAPANEN & JOHNSSON ( explained )
Both taking bridge deals to show they are worth the money they are claiming, playing on mediocre C and not leetching on Matthews.
League comparables :
Bjorkstrand ( 8 + 13 + 40 ) = 3 x 2,5M
Faksa ( 12 + 33 ) = 3 x 2,2M
Insider comparables :
Hyman ( 6 + 28 ) = 4 x 2,25M
Brown ( 6 + 36 ) = 3 x 2,1M