How much could we pay Point

you can exceed the caps upper limit for performance bonuses (i think you can go 7.5% over), so thats an extra $1,362,500 right there

I think term would be less for that much money cause of we was gonna sign for that, would have happened already


And didnt Tampa already strike out on trading Louie?

So you could either make a trade or pay him a bridge. Like 3 years at that money.

I'm not sure you can get assets back for Condon and Domingue at their current cap hits, but it shouldn't cost more than a 6th or 7th to trade one to a team like Fla, CBJ, or Col, where they have a chance to play NHL backup this year. Schenn cleared waivers last fall and would have no buried cap hit. Rutta probably would not clear waivers, but if he does, pair him with a 4th and ship him to Winnipeg. 23 players is a luxury. No bonus overages is a luxury.

The Cap situation next summer is that Tampa will have to trade any two of Point, Sergachev, Vasilevsky, or Kucherov.

Tampa can give Point a choice between 10.5Mx6 with no NTC, or cheap bridge with an NMC, if he wants to guarantee he stays in Tampa a little longer, like Shattenkirk and Killorn. He can do what he wants, but his agent will probably advise him to sign a big long term contract and accept the likelihood that he has to move next summer, unless he can convince the team that he's somehow more essential, long term, than Kucherov.

The simpler solution would be to trade Point now for picks and prospects.

Really? I know BriseBois said he was worried about performance bonuses when he traded Callahan, and that wouldn’t really have made sense if we could have 7.5% of the cap in leeway (in fact, it would have just hurt our cap situation because of Condon).