Comparing the NFL salary cap to the NHL salary cap and CBA are apples to oranges

There is no way that NHL players would be okay with non guaranteed deals
- Stripes77

Oh I am aware. Eventually with this Structure the NHL is going to fall upon itself.

Salaries are skyrocketing at a pace that is outgrowing your cap. With the cap projections lower and lower Contracts are going to start looking worse and worse.

Soon you will see these contracts stopped in the players will cry collusion.

That’s what I think will happen eventually

It's risky for sure

I still think the way to improve this roster is the 2nd line and the 2nd pairing
- Stripes77

I think the risk player is going to be Yak.

Dk why just a gut feeling.

It's risky for sure

I still think the way to improve this roster is the 2nd line and the 2nd pairing
- Stripes77

It is, the 2nd line has to be upgraded.

Oh I am aware. Eventually with this Structure the NHL is going to fall upon itself.

Salaries are skyrocketing at a pace that is outgrowing your cap. With the cap projections lower and lower Contracts are going to start looking worse and worse.

Soon you will see these contracts stopped in the players will cry collusion.

That’s what I think will happen eventually
- ImThatGuy

Eh we are talking about a projection of $1 million lower than originally anticipated

The cap has grown every year since it's inception.

With Seattle and the new TV deal coming I don't see that changing anytime soon.

The GMs handing out these stupid contracts are the ones that will be out of jobs.

I don't think the current structure is awful. There needs to be some tweaks and I think when the new CBA comes out there will be some.

It is, the 2nd line has to be upgraded.
- SABRES 89

It would move everyone else down a line which would give this team dare I say it depth?

Nylander for JP

Both top 10 picks by teams who’s current GM’s didn’t draft them

Nylander for JP

Both top 10 picks by teams who’s current GM’s didn’t draft them
- OneKaneOneCup

Dumont?

Dumont?
- jochfr

Grosek for Gilmour and Dumont?

Dumont?
- jochfr

I haven't learned how to spell pjulajjarvvii yet, and I'm not about to start now. It's like spelling an Icelandic volcano

Dumont?
- jochfr

Yes, idiot

I haven't learned how to spell pjulajjarvvii yet, and I'm not about to start now. It's like spelling an Icelandic volcano
- jcragcrumple

Yeah even if he does become a Sabre I don't think I'll figure out how to spell it without looking it up

Yes, idiot
- OneKaneOneCup

Stop getting banned, you twatwaffle.

Dumont?
- jochfr

Moran

scandella and bogo this year


or pk and pilut for the next 3 years

I will hang up and listen
- homiedclown

How about Pilut and just a solid $4mil defensively responsible guy to play with Dahlin

Then we can use that other $5mil for another defenseman or towards a scoring winger

Nylander for JP

Both top 10 picks by teams who’s current GM’s didn’t draft them
- OneKaneOneCup

I've been thinking that since the TDL, but I think both GMs would be too risk adverse to swap them 1-for-1 in case one of them breaks out. Both will probably be part of packages

How about Pilut and just a solid $4mil defensively responsible guy to play with Dahlin

Then we can use that other $5mil for another defenseman or towards a scoring winger
- jdfitz77

do you try to squeeze nickels in quarter slots?



I kid I kid but you are dead set against bringing in fringe all star players that cost money for the cap

Erik Cernak who’s a very good young D for Tampa was drafted by LA with one of the Fasching picks.

Raw deal baby
- OneKaneOneCup

Could of drafted Montour in 2014 as well with one of our 3 second rounders

do you try to squeeze nickels in quarter slots?



I kid I kid but you are dead set against bringing in fringe all star players that cost money for the cap
- homiedclown

But it’s okay that Skinner is making $9M per

if this team can't compete in 3 years, why sign skinner


Bedlam
- homiedclown

Even if they can...
Why take PK for 3years, when u can put that $$$ towards a player(s) that are in their prime & will be here longer

We aren’t at a point where we need to be bringing in highly paid 30+ year olds that can have a drop off at any minute

I’d think we’d have learned our lesson with
Okposo & Moulson... no?

How do you know that we would not be a contender. Did anyone think that the Blues would win as of January 1?

Get good players and PK is a great player. sure he is declining but he is still MILES above anything we have other then Dahlin....
- hehateme

Why not target players who aren’t declining?
That just makes MUCH more sense to me

Especially when said declining player has a
$9mil Cap Hit
F that

NHL

VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS
4h ago

Report: Clarkson submits no-trade list to VGK

What a scumbag, retire already you loser, you're never gonna play again.

Of all the teams on this list, we’re pegging Buffalo as least likely to trade a first-rounder — mostly because the Sabres don’t hold a second-round pick this year as a result of last summer’s Jeff Skinner deal. (They don’t own a fifth-rounder, either.)

In addition to selecting seventh overall, Jason Botterill will also benefit from the 31st-overall pick he obtained from Cup-winning St. Louis — a silver lining from the Ryan O’Reilly trade that now has the GM feeling the heat.

Despite having the dubious distinction of owning the NHL’s longest active playoff drought, Botterill did not sound like a man scrambling for a quick fix when he spoke last month upon hiring culture-changing coach Ralph Krueger.

“We’re looking long term here,” Botterill told reporters. “We can understand a fan’s perspective, but it can’t impact our decisions, our vision of how our team needs to eventually look.”

In Jack Eichel and Rasmus Dahlin, the Sabres have cornerstones at key positions. Despite re-signing 40-goal sniper Jeff Skinner, the Sabres are more than one or two bodies away from contending in a loaded Atlantic Division.


This is an article on sportsnet regarding the 4 teams with multiple 1st round picks this year.

Grosek for Gilmour and Dumont?
- dadeadhead

Sign me up for this one
Holzinger, Primeau, Sarich
For Gratton

a team just traded for a 7.5 million dollar second line center and won the cup

so there is that
- homiedclown

Yeah...
and O’Reilly was a really good 2way center

Not the same as bringing in an offensive $9mil defenseman who’s declining & not good in his own end

There’s MUCH better options than PK

I can't take it... Frank the Cap... Get good/great players in here.
- hehateme

JFC
We certainly don’t need GMTM part 2