"“He would be a very serviceable, very effective No. 5 or 6 guy who’d give you 20 honest minutes every night,” said a prominent player agent not affiliated with Redden. "
Could we hope that he break his contract, and The Rangers who are in a need of a veteran D man,resign him to a much smaller cap hit?
Would something like that even be allowed?
Redden blows and whoever said that clearly hasn't watched him play. No shot he breaks his co tract and the rangers resign him not to mention were or thin on defense at all.
Redden blows and whoever said that clearly hasn't watched him play. No shot he breaks his co tract and the rangers resign him not to mention were or thin on defense at all.
There's plenty of D depth available... not as much as we had at the beginnings of the season (McD and Sauer graduated) but depth is easy to obtain.
We have, going into next season:
Staal
Girardi
McDonagh
Sauer
Gilroy (assuming he is offered a contract)
Del Zotto
Redden (if hell broke loose and he came back up)
Kundratek
Valentenko
That's plenty already in the system. Then you look at the FA class and see...
McCabe (who could come back)
Kaberle (if he does not re-sign with Boston)
Pitkanen
Bieksa
Salo
Wisniewski
Ehrhoff
Those are just some of the more expensive ones. I guarantee that Sather, as every GM should and will do, dig through the lower end, cheaper guys to find depth to stash in the AHL.
No one seeing Christian Thomas making the team right away?
I think it's doubtful. He's still got 1 year left of junior eligibility, so it's either the OHL or the NHL. He still needs to bulk up a bit before he's ready for the pros IMO.
Redden blows and whoever said that clearly hasn't watched him play. No shot he breaks his co tract and the rangers resign him not to mention were or thin on defense at all.
I might be in the minority, but I would really like Redden as a bottom pairing defenseman at a lower cap hit. He doesn't "blow", he's just not nearly as good as he was prior to signing with the Rangers. He's still extremely serviceable, and adds a fantastic veteran presence to young defenseman.
Besides, I don't believe we'd be allowed to sign him if we breahed his contract, anyway.
I might be in the minority, but I would really like Redden as a bottom pairing defenseman at a lower cap hit. He doesn't "blow", he's just not nearly as good as he was prior to signing with the Rangers. He's still extremely serviceable, and adds a fantastic veteran presence to young defenseman.
Besides, I don't believe we'd be allowed to sign him if we breahed his contract, anyway.
How would it even be possible to breach a contract and have someone play at the same time? But if we buy out his contract (which won't happen), I believe he wouldn't be allowed to play for us for one year. Can someone tell me if Redden breaches his contract, would he be allowed to sign elsewhere, with the Rangers permission?
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Why would Redden need the Rangers permission to sign with another team if the contract is terminated due to Redden breaching the contract? Rangers don't have to pay him the remaining $16.5M and could care less where Redden signs.
The NHLPA has told agents that the union projects a salary cap of approximately $62.2 million next season if the players vote to trigger the 5-percent escalator, Slap Shots has learned.
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This is a preliminary number recently given to the agents in the union's "marketplace" assessment that could change slightly depending upon the revenue generated in the playoffs. Just as an example, there would be significantly less revenue generated by the Hurricanes than by the Rangers, assuming an equal number of postseason home games.
There is no guarantee that the union will vote to adopt the 5-percent inflator, given that doing so leads to increased escrow as a tradeoff for additional dollars in the system that benefits free agents and high payroll, powerful teams seeking to keep their rosters intact.
But as 2011-12 represents the final year of the CBA, the 7.5-percent bonus cushion that allows clubs to defer up to that amount in performance bonuses on entry level and over-35 contracts will disappear. According to several sources, that will be an important consideration that is expected to prompt to players to vote for the escalator.
The earlier number last season was between $57M-$58M and it ended up $59.4M.
Rangers made the playoffs. Their playoff revenue is higher than Carolina. Vancouver has a long playoff run. Canadian market. Root for the higher revenue big market teams. Philly,Chicago and Boston made the final 4 last season. Not Phoenix and Nashville. They looked to be playing each other in the first round which would have been a financial disaster. Go Hawks today.
would u just give up that type of money? I would'nt. He'll either play in Hartford and collect the cash or get loaned to the KHL where a team will help pay the bill and he's off the books ala Huet this yr for Chicago
Redden wants to play in the NHL again. He made something close to $60M in his career. He was probably smart with his money. Don Meehan client. How much money do you need?
New NBC/Versus deal is slated to pay the NHL $200m per year for the next 10 years. The old deal paid the NHL $77m per year.
This won't affect the 2011-2012 cap, but will affect 2012-2013. The player's share of hockey related revenue is 55%.
200-77 = 123
123 x .55 = 67.65
67.65 / 30 = 2.255
So in addition to other factors that have driven the salary cap up each year, the cap should go up an additional $2.255m in 2012-2013.
Note: The current CBA expires on September 15, 2012 and the players don't have the option of extending the CBA this time, so the playing field may change entirely.
i'm going with this. Moving EC and Boogie out ,All UFA's , Sign Richards, RFA's , let UFAs walk. Drury buy out
CAPGEEK.COM CAP CALCULATOR
FORWARDS
Brandon Dubinsky ($3.500m) / Brad Richards ($6.500m) / Marian Gaborik ($7.500m)
Wojtek Wolski ($3.800m) / Artem Anisimov ($2.000m) / Ryan Callahan ($3.500m)
Sean Avery ($1.937m) / Derek Stepan ($0.875m) / Mats Zuccarello-Aasen ($1.750m)
Carl Hagelin ($0.662m) / Brian Boyle ($1.500m) / Brandon Prust ($0.800m)
/ Chris Drury ($3.333m)
DEFENSEMEN
Marc Staal ($3.975m) / Daniel Girardi ($3.325m)
Ryan McDonagh ($1.300m) / Mike Sauer ($1.700m)
Michael Del Zotto ($1.087m) / Pavel Valentenko ($0.800m)
/ Matt Gilroy ($0.900m)
GOALTENDERS
Henrik Lundqvist ($6.875m) / Martin Biron ($0.875m)
CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled without the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $59,400,000; CAP PAYROLL: $58,495,500; BONUSES: $1,487,500
CAP SPACE (22-man roster): $904,500
i'm going with this. Moving EC and Boogie out ,All UFA's , Sign Richards, RFA's , let UFAs walk. Drury buy out
CAPGEEK.COM CAP CALCULATOR
FORWARDS
Brandon Dubinsky ($3.500m) / Brad Richards ($6.500m) / Marian Gaborik ($7.500m)
Wojtek Wolski ($3.800m) / Artem Anisimov ($2.000m) / Ryan Callahan ($3.500m)
Sean Avery ($1.937m) / Derek Stepan ($0.875m) / Mats Zuccarello-Aasen ($1.750m)
Carl Hagelin ($0.662m) / Brian Boyle ($1.500m) / Brandon Prust ($0.800m)
/ Chris Drury ($3.333m)
DEFENSEMEN
Marc Staal ($3.975m) / Daniel Girardi ($3.325m)
Ryan McDonagh ($1.300m) / Mike Sauer ($1.700m)
Michael Del Zotto ($1.087m) / Pavel Valentenko ($0.800m)
/ Matt Gilroy ($0.900m)
GOALTENDERS
Henrik Lundqvist ($6.875m) / Martin Biron ($0.875m)
CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled without the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $59,400,000; CAP PAYROLL: $58,495,500; BONUSES: $1,487,500
CAP SPACE (22-man roster): $904,500
I like this line-up but I don't think you are going to get Dubi and Cally combined for $7m
THE CAP: Preliminary projection for the 2011-12 cap is approximately $62.2 million. Using that number, the summer cap, in place from July 1 through the end of training camp, would be approximately $68.4 million. The summer cap includes all one-way contracts within the organization, plus two-way contracts pro-rated by the number of days spent on the 2010-11 NHL roster.
The Rangers' summer cap number is approximately $47.6 million, but this calculation does not include a cent for restricted free agents Ryan Callahan, Brandon Dubinsky, Brian Boyle, Michael Sauer, Artem Anisimov and Matt Gilroy. Figure that signing all six would amount to about another $12 million. This would bring the Blueshirts to about $59.6 million, leaving about $9 million of space with which to work.
Not sure where Brooks got the $47.6M. He didn't include Grachev,Newbury and Talbot. Brooks didn't include any of the other group II's who spent some time in the NHL this season. Johnson,Weise and Dupont. Weise will get a QO. Johnson has a $140,000 cap hold based on 40 NHL days on the roster.
The QO's for the players he mentioned count in the summer. Just add $2.3M for Callhan. When he signs,include the remaining amount
It's going to cost more than $12M to re-sign those 6 players. More like $13-$14M plus.
I wonder if Redden is thinking about walking away from his contract for another shot at the NHL, when he would do it. Before July 1st so he has the entire summer to negotiate with teams?
Also if Drury is bought out, that would save an extra 3 or 4 million, right?
So if both things happened (which I think is wishful thinking) there is an extra close to 11 million in summer cap right there.
All the people complaining that Richards is going to get too high of a cap hit, what does the cap look to be in like 5 years. I understand that this thread is for next seasons cap, but if the cap goes up like it is supposed to, coupled with Drury's contract ending, a Richards contract should be no problem for the future. Correct?
All the people complaining that Richards is going to get too high of a cap hit, what does the cap look to be in like 5 years. I understand that this thread is for next seasons cap, but if the cap goes up like it is supposed to, coupled with Drury's contract ending, a Richards contract should be no problem for the future. Correct?
Note: I am in favor of signing Richards, and probably at a higher cap hit than most people.
Even if the salary cap does not go up "as expected," it should still be significantly higher. When the cap was implemented in 2005-2006, it was set at a mere $39m. It jumped to 45m in 2005-2006, and 50.6m in 2006-2007. Today (2010-2011), it sits at $59.4m, and is expected to go up 62.4m in 2011-2012. In six years and one of the worst recessions in U.S. history, the salary cap still increase from $39m to 59.4m. That's a $20m increase.
There may be a potential concern with the CBA expiring that the league may alter the revenue formula so that the players get a smaller piece of the pie for their salaries (which determines the cap). Personally, I don't think that's too likely.
A ~$7.5m cap hit today is likely to be a much smaller piece of the team's total cap five years from now.
Note: I am in favor of signing Richards, and probably at a higher cap hit than most people.
Even if the salary cap does not go up "as expected," it should still be significantly higher. When the cap was implemented in 2005-2006, it was set at a mere $39m. It jumped to 45m in 2005-2006, and 50.6m in 2006-2007. Today (2010-2011), it sits at $59.4m, and is expected to go up 62.4m in 2011-2012. In six years and one of the worst recessions in U.S. history, the salary cap still increase from $39m to 59.4m. That's a $20m increase.
There may be a potential concern with the CBA expiring that the league may alter the revenue formula so that the players get a smaller piece of the pie for their salaries (which determines the cap). Personally, I don't think that's too likely.
A ~$7.5m cap hit today is likely to be a much smaller piece of the team's total cap five years from now.
that is exactly my train of thought. Signing Richards will not handicap us at all in the future IMO
The CBA expires after this coming season. The NHL players receive 57% of the gross right now. Some NHL teams want to see that % lowered because they think the cap is too high. The cap will be in the $62-$63M range in 11-12 but it will probably be lower in the new CBA which begins with 12-13. That's the issue with giving $7.5M when it might be a cap<$60M.
Compliance buyouts will probably be part of the next CBA. Its a little tricky because the CBA expires in the middle of September 2012. If both sides wait until the last minute to get a new CBA,there won't be enough time for compliance buyouts and trades when the new system begins after training camps open. The other sports CBAs expire in the off season while the NHL will see this next summers signing period played out under the current CBA which expires as soon as camps open or are about to open. Both sides need to ratify the CBA before it begins.
