Coco-puffs
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herman said:Coco-puffs said:We are not in a position to take on cap dumps. I wish people would stop suggesting it. It pushes us into bonus overages and that will be a problem next year.
I dunno man, that's a lot of room. Taking a mid-season cap dump (that expires at the end of this year) for an extra asset while leaving bonus cushion room is not impossible. Let's say Dallas is pretty close at the beginning of January and has a bead on a younger centre (e.g. Duchene) but wants to clear some today space. I'll take the remainder of Spezza's deal + fancy pick or prospect. Cap room gets banked over the course of the season.
Also, the 14.8 Million Jeffler indicated in his tweet is with a 19-man roster (11F, 6D, 2G). Nylander getting signed only takes you to 20. So add between 2 and 2.5 million to fill out the rest of the roster spots (ie, 1-2 F and 1-2 D). Leaves 5.3 Million in space (3.7 of which we should leave available for bonuses)
By the deadline, yes, you could probably fit Spezza's contract in but by that time the Stars will probably have enough room to absorb a big contract as well since they won't be right up against the cap all year either. (They have 8.3M in space with two RFA's who won't command a lot left to sign, plus roster filler.) They won't need to dump Spezza at that time and certainly won't pay us in assets to take him then.
There are probably other examples you could find though, so sure... but wouldn't you rather use the extra cap space we've built up over the course of the season to ADD a d-man at the deadline instead of a cap dump???