Flat cap and a loophole idea

Created by: NR1203

Team: 2020-21 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 18, 2020

Published: Apr. 18, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

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UFA - 5

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I KNOW IM OVER THE CAP, READ THIS

I had an idea for a little loophole if the cap is going to stay at 81.5, inspired by the NBA. In the NBA, a team can always sign/call up a minimum salary player even if they are over the cap, but only a minimum salary player. Why doesn’t the NHL allow something like this just until they can get the cap rising again? So in this scenario, the leafs would be allowed to carry Marincin on the roster since he’s a minimum player even though he would put them over the cap. A good way of ensuring teams aren’t handcuffed too much by something no one saw coming. The league could also set a limit of 2 or 3 minimum players to avoid teams abusing this rule.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Åberg, Pontus	1	$750,000
Dermott, Travis	2	$1,750,000
Mikheyev, Ilya	1	$1,500,000
Gauthier, Frédérik	1	$850,000
Bracco, Jeremy	2	$800,000
Brooks, Adam	2	$800,000
Kivihalme, Teemu	1	$900,000
Malgin, Denis	1	$850,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Spezza, Jason		1	$800,000
Byfuglien, Dustin		1	$2,500,000

Trades

TOR

2020 2nd round pick (VGK)
2021 3rd round pick (TOR)
2021 5th round pick (LAK)

LAK

Buyouts

Mikhail Grabovski: $0

Retained Salary Transactions

Phil Kessel: $1,200,000 (15%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2020
2021
2022

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$81,784,783	$0	$400,000	-$284,783

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Hyman, Zach $2,250,000$2,250,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Matthews, Auston $11,640,250$11,640,250 C UFA - 4	Marner, Mitchell $10,903,000$10,903,000 RW UFA - 5
Mikheyev, Ilya $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 5	Nylander, William $6,962,366$6,962,366 RW UFA - 4
Barabanov, Alexander $925,000$925,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Kerfoot, Alexander $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 3	Kapanen, Kasperi $3,200,000$3,200,000 RW UFA - 2
Robertson, Nicholas $821,667$821,667 LW, RW RFA - 4	Spezza, Jason $800,000$800,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Engvall, Pierre $1,250,000$1,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Holl, Justin $2,000,000$2,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Andersen, Frederik $5,000,000$5,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 1
Muzzin, Jake $5,625,000$5,625,000 LD NMC UFA - 4	Liljegren, Timothy $863,333$863,333 ($400,000$400K) RD RFA - 2	Campbell, Jack $1,650,000$1,650,000 G UFA - 2
Sandin, Rasmus $894,167$894,167 LD UFA - 2	Byfuglien, Dustin $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Gauthier, Frédérik $850,000$850,000 C UFA - 1
Rosén, Calle $750,000$750,000 LD UFA - 1
Marincin, Martin $700,000$700,000 LD UFA - 1

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Apr. 18, 2020 at 2:22 a.m.

Claesson4Norris

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I mean, sure I guess, but you'd be under the cap if you only carried one spare D. How desperately does Toronto need to have Marincin In the press box?

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Apr. 18, 2020 at 3:27 a.m.

Leafs_and_Sens_Fan

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Not enough return in the trade. Dermott is worth a high 2nd and same with Johnsson.

Apr. 18, 2020 at 3:58 a.m.

Random2152

Just Keep Swimming

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The NHL has this -almost word for word. It is called an emergency recall.

Apr. 18, 2020 at 9:22 a.m.

gmurrayt

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Quoting: Leafs_and_Sens_Fan

Not enough return in the trade. Dermott is worth a high 2nd and same with Johnsson.

Wow, severe over valuing of players, especially with potential cap issues for the upcoming year.

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Apr. 18, 2020 at 9:24 a.m.

NR1203

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Quoting: Leafs_and_Sens_Fan

Not enough return in the trade. Dermott is worth a high 2nd and same with Johnsson.

Johnson’s value is lower than it would be if the cap were to go up. Dermott truthfully is worth a late 2nd and maybe a late round pick too. I think that’s a fair price for them.

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