Quoting: Hockeyplayer1
Cap seems high especially after the last two years of small (1.6 and 1.4) cap rises.
You also forgot nearly $3.5 million in bonus overages.
The overages aren't a sure thing. Panarin didn't make the All-Star team which was one of his bonus'. He's going to have to finsh top 10 in scoring or win hardware to meet the others...
Campbell is owed 750k already in bonus'.
As far as the cap - it's going to have to go up - 75% of the league seems to be pushing the upper limits of the cap.
And I don't need explainations on how the cap works, I know how it works - doesn't mean it's sustainable tho (which is why we continue to have lockouts).
Some options are:
1. The cap is going to have to be raised.
or
2. The cap floor would have to be significantly raised.
3. Teams would have to get more compliance buyouts (the NHLPA would never allow that).
4. Teams would have to get some sort of creative cap relief.
I don't really want to debate the cap tho - not until we know what the cap is going to look like...... My guess is as good as anyones for right now.
What I do know is - the cap continues to have problems because it's design is extremely flawed which is why we continue to have these lockouts.