Kopitar is still good an all but I struggle to understand why LA would give out a 35+ contract a year in advance. **** happens and there is no upside for them to do this. It's not like Kopitar is ever going to leave or won't let you sign him around the deadline or offseason
Kopitar is still good an all but I struggle to understand why LA would give out a 35+ contract a year in advance. **** happens and there is no upside for them to do this. It's not like Kopitar is ever going to leave or won't let you sign him around the deadline or offseason
Cap certainty. Now they know exactly how much money to allocate for next season and can spend accordingly.
Cap certainty. Now they know exactly how much money to allocate for next season and can spend accordingly.
This really isn't that important - especially at this price tag. He wasn't going to command more and now you're locked in no matter what. Just poor risk analysis
This really isn't that important - especially at this price tag. He wasn't going to command more and now you're locked in no matter what. Just poor risk analysis
Somehow I'm not surprised that you don't understand the concept of guaranteed contracts.
Locking it in for a player like Kopitar is not a good thing like it would be for a McDavid or Matthews given his age
If he's injured, he goes on LTIR. If he's bad, the Kings can buy him out. If he retires, the cap hit goes away.
This really isn't that important - especially at this price tag. He wasn't going to command more and now you're locked in no matter what. Just poor risk analysis
Think teams are still unsure what the cap rise will be. I could see Kopitar having another strong season, seeing a large cap jump, then demanding even more than this. His injury history isn't decorated enough to have as deep of a risk analysis role as some other older players.
Regardless, the "overpay" is minimal. Kopitar should be at worst a mid tier 2C for the first year of that contract, which is around standard for a 7m player now.
35+ deals do not ever go away. Can't even buy them out
35+ Year Old Rule for Cap Counting
CBA §50.5(d)(i)(B)(5) shall have no application to a multi-year SPC that has: (1) total compensation (Player Salary and Bonuses) that is either the same as or increases from one League Year to the immediately subsequent League Year, and (2) a Signing Bonus, if any, that is payable in the first year of the SPC only.
So yes, the Kings can buy out Kopitar's contract just like any other contract and get the full cap relief that any other contract would.
In the return to play MOU signed in 2020, the league did away with the 35+ drawbacks for single-year deals or multi-year contracts that are not front loaded.
Maybe you should "get it" before you start throwing shade.
Structure wasn't in when I was posting. Not sure if what I'm seeing now is final but it wasn't eligible initially,
Regardless - the options available are still bad for no reason. They easily could have waited. There was zero chance of this contract being higher than budgeted
Structure wasn't in when I was posting. Not sure if what I'm seeing now is final but it wasn't eligible initially,
Regardless - the options available are still bad for no reason. They easily could have waited. There was zero chance of this contract being higher than budgeted