2012/2013 Salary Cap

[Rob]

I mainly just thought we should raise the cap, so that next years free agency you don't have such low ball contracts.  Koivu for 3m a year, Weber got half of what he got in the real world, just thought it would help out there.

Yea I agree with you there.  Jared's idea about doing sample extensions to see where some teams would be is a good one.  This way we can tell if it's going to be another year of lowball FA's or not, and base our decision on that.  I wouldn't mind increasing the cap based on that, then in future years if FA bidding goes the other way and players are getting overpaid we could increase extension prices to balance things out. 

[GypsieDeathBringer]

I don't think our extension prices were far off I just think teams extended too many players in the beginning and that lead to many cap crunches before FA.  We shouldn't make it affordable to extend all of the players on your team.  It should be a big decision to let a guy go to FA because you can't sign him and most teams didn't let guys go to FA.  Really I think the cap is fine, but this being the first year and so many good players available in FA with the 10 teams being contracted it sort of water downed the value of players that coupled with all the early extensions created low offers.

[snugerud]

If I extended all my players today, not including the prospects on my active roster:

Peter Mueller      3.10
Daniel Winnik      2.30
T.J. Galiardi      2.40
Cody McLeod      0.80
Kyle Cumiskey      2.60
Ryan Wilson      3.00
Antoine Vermette      5.30
Dustin Brown      5.70
Scott Parse      1.10
Michael Cammalleri      3.90
David Legwand      3.90
Martin Brodeur      6.10
Ryan Callahan      3.60
Dan Girardi      4.80
Sergi Gonchar      5.40
Scottie Upshall,      2.10
Evgeni Malkin      6.70
Jay McClement      2.50
Erik Johnson      5.00
Jaroslav Halak      3.90
Thomas Fleischmann      3.20
James Wisniewski      5.40
Jamie McBain      3.20
Alexander Burmistrov      1.20
Ilya Kovalchuk      7.40
Brian Campbell      4.90
      
      
      
      
      
Total      99.50

[snugerud]

Based on my numbers there is too large of a gap. 
but maybe that is just my team being totally awesome.   I would be interested to see some other teams extensions. i would think an acceptable gap would be 10 mill give or take. 



Another poll who do you think would win in a fight between this  and a grill cheese sandwich?

[Rob]

Your prospects won't need to be extended until the following year.  The contract lasts for two years after the point they accumulate 40 NHL games played.  So if you have a prospect hit 40GP this year you won't need to extend them until 13/14.  Whether they're on your active roster or prospect roster makes no difference.  They'll always be $200k until they hit the threshold + 2 years.

[Rob]

Another poll who do you think would win in a fight between this  and a grill cheese sandwich?

Clearly  ...

That's like PB&J vs pulled pork... not even close.

[snugerud]

I know on the prospects. I was just saying i didnt include them but that is what my roster cost would be if I had to extend all my players at the end of the year. 

I did notice one thing going through the extensions.  Our defense seems to cost a lot compared to their fantasy output.  Again i would be interested to see what others find if they had to extend their entire team.
 

[Rob]

I know on the prospects. I was just saying i didnt include them but that is what my roster cost would be if I had to extend all my players at the end of the year. 

I did notice one thing going through the extensions.  Our defense seems to cost a lot compared to their fantasy output.  Again i would be interested to see what others find if they had to extend their entire team.

That's if you would extend them all.  I know I wouldn't extend half the guys on my roster that are eligible for extensions.  The defenseman prices represent what they make in the NHL.  They're not going to give you forward or goalie points but that's what they make in real life, so that's what I used.

[Rob]

Oh and just FYI, there's going to be a good chunk of time after the season, about a month or so, to make extension decisions and whatnot.  Like we did when we started out if you can't afford to extend a player you can trade his negotiating rights in that period.  So you can still get something for players you're not extending.

[snugerud]

still 30 mill is a hell of a gap, especially considering that is almost half of our entire cap. .  That is 1 million per player on my roster.