You forgot to give the pens a 2nd

Muzzin on LTIR has no cap impact, Leafs with already minimal available picks will not be spending one on this

what about next year bro

he'll be on LTIR

A 6th rpund pick to be able to accumulate cap space next year wpuld easily be worth it for the leafs

Ya if it only cost a 5th to get out from under price the habs wpuld easily do it

WDYM, to accumulate cap space for next year? /I thought if a player is LTIRetired, he doesn't up against the cap??

No way cash strapped AZ takes on minimum 6.3 million dollars in real cash for a 5th taking on price. Max insurance is 80% which would leave AZ ON THE HOOK FOR 6.3 + MILLION DOLLARS

It's way more complicated than that

have not considered this, will have to change to a 4th rounder at least ty

Try a first minimum

Can you explain (however you want) then? I am not good with this side of the NHL

Too complicated and English isn't even my first language

The quick and dirty explanation is that the cap is calculated on a daily basis, and if you aren't using LTIR and are under the cap, you "accrue" cap space based on every day you are under the cap - since the cap is calculated daily, it pro-rates out as you get deeper into the season. Since the deadline happens about 75% of the way through the season, teams only have to account for the remaining 25% of a player's contract - for example, if you have $1M in cap space available on the deadline, you would be able to fit a player with a $4M AAV under your cap without any issues, since 3/4 of his cap hit has already been paid out.

When teams are using the LTIR exception, the amount *doesn't* change - since LTIR is an allowance to go above the cap, teams only use it when they need it (and they will typically spend as close to the cap as possible before putting a player on LTIR, to maximize the amount of the exception.)

It's a couple years old so the cap numbers are different, but this is a pretty good explanation that goes a little more in-depth.

En francais peut-être?

Thanks!