Quoting: JeffW
How do you say offer sheet the kid for 2.1 million, you say they match that in a heartbeat and would match anything up to 3 million dollars per year
I did not say they would match anything up to $3m, I said they could.
Quoting: JeffW
I say that they probably let him walk because they are so far up against the cap did it wouldn't be worth it, you say that it's easy to mash & the rest of the team at that amount
I did not say anything about keeping the entire team together after matching that OS, in fact I said other moves/concessions would have to be made.
Quoting: JeffW
I say how could that be, you say they'll figure it out time most likely a compliance buyout or salary reductions, I say they won't agree to salary reductions and even if they did Toronto's biggest contracts have 700k salary with all the money up front in bonuses
My point was pretty clear, here. Assuming a flat cap, their ability to match remains unchanged. Should the cap go down, there will likely be some kind of crutch for teams. In a scenario where the cap goes down, considering we have no idea by how much or what other things would come hand in hand with that, I can't speculate on what their ability to match an OS would look like. Though, in a situation of cap/salary reduction, I'm quite sure that players cap hits will also be reduced, but I'm not positive.
Quoting: JeffW
... you have yet to convince me that they can easily match middle 6 Winger for 2.1 million dollars which is my point
Assuming a flat cap... Trade Johnsson. If you can do that, you can fit under the cap, and if you want to address the defense, make more moves from there.