100 million would be a big leap from the projections but even without that leap it's eminently possible to keep Rants and field a good roster. There's nothing even to say he goes that high either.

I think Daccord makes close to double that on his next contract if he keeps this up, Korpisalo got 4 mil for 5 years off of 39 good games and a mediocre playoff series, Daccord shouldn't settle for less unless the market just isn't there

You're right, more of a pipe dream. It will be somebody around 3m.



It is and it isnt. With the league being able to support a 100m cap this season through h.r.r, it would take ending escrow or something major to keep that cap lower than a 50/50 split. So i Made it for a 90m cap just to be safe.

Well… if you look at carbs (pasta and bread) as a comparison they are at 13.5 and 13.9% of the cap which would put rants in the 12.5 range at 92m projected cap.

Absolutely it's more than likely he goes at something like that (I think MacK is probably going to be a kind of 'internal cap' for the next few seasons so I don't see anyone getting more than him, even Makar when he's due) but there is also the chance he looks at it (and if the GM has any sense he'll try to steer it in the direction of the fact of his 9 mil deal vs MacK's 6 mil deal) and says he got paid well on his first deal and takes a slightly lower one to help keep the Avs competitive. I'm not sure what kind of guy Mikko is on that kind of thing but some guys (and it only really ever seems to happen in hockey) will actually do that once they've banked money as they're about winning.

Ha, I like that carbs....

Isn't it basically impossible for the cap to reach $100M in two years due to the limit on the maximum percentage it can rise? Isn't that why it's only going up $4M+ next season and then $5M+ the following season? I guess they could amend the CBA or come up with a new one before the old one expires but I am under the apprehension that under the current CBA, they can't just make that jump even if HRR is in line with such a raise.

My main hope is because most owners/f.o's also want the cap to go up. Might be one of the few times the league n P.A can find a common goal. I thought the cba was up sooner, this will be interesting to follow and will show what Walsh is worth. I can see a strike or protest if the caps stays 16.5m under what it should be while paying 6% escrow(3%returned) when the league is openly making more than their agreement. I havent read it fully but I would have to assume those caps increase limits has to do with the debt that has been repayed.

The FO said they basically pushed over a signed contract to Mac and told him to fill in the amount. He could have received a lot more. See leafs Mac said he was pushed to be the highest paid player (without elaborating) and chose to be just 100k more than macdavids current contract. I don’t think Makar will ask to break the bank and will probably take a discount like he did on his last contract. Weather that’s 12.5 instead of 13 or 13 instead of 15 we will probably never know.
Rants seems to be of the same mind. There will probably be a hometown discount but it could be 11m instead of 11.5 or 13 instead of 14m. They both know Mac took a discount to keep the team together and I would be surprised if they didn’t follow suit.

Also our recently extended 1LD Toews!

Yeah that’s one that I don’t think I would have signed. Great player but would have loved to have Bowen in that role for the next 8 years at a more reasonable cap hit.