3 Year Minor League Cap

[Drew]

I think this would work well for a minor league cap:
Next Season - $50m
Year 2 - $40m
Year 3 - Half the actual cap and follows there after

[favo_zomg]

Cut it from 50 to 30, and the next season make it 20... We need to clear the space as fast as possible.

[Jesse]

I see the point of this but we can't enforce this unless u cut the amount of ppl in our minor leagues because 30 million is only 2 million a guy say you have a few top end prospects now some how u have to balance it by not getting high end prospects? I get the idea so we don't have iginla and Thornton and top end players like that in the minors but I don't like the idea one bit

[Miku]

You don't need to fill your minor league with 2 mil players. If you have a minor league with 15 players worth 2 mil each then I think we have a problem at 30m. The minor league should have some players with N/C, probably some players worth 0.5-1m and of course a player maybe worth 5-7m and maybe a couple 2m players. If you have an entire minor league team worth over 30m then I think we'd have a problem. =| 30m is a lot to work with unless you are sending 3-4 players worth 5-7m each down there. Our actual team rosters are only 60m do you really need more then half a teams cap space in your minor league? =|

[favo_zomg]

You don't need to fill your minor league with 2 mil players. If you have a minor league with 15 players worth 2 mil each then I think we have a problem at 30m. The minor league should have some players with N/C, probably some players worth 0.5-1m and of course a player maybe worth 5-7m and maybe a couple 2m players. If you have an entire minor league team worth over 30m then I think we'd have a problem. =| 30m is a lot to work with unless you are sending 3-4 players worth 5-7m each down there. Our actual team rosters are only 60m do you really need more then half a teams cap space in your minor league? =|

Exactly my thought... I know my entire minor league team has no contracts, and I only sent two guys to the minors, and that is because they both suffered season ending injuries. Now that we have three IR spots, it is very possible to keep your minor system below 30M in my opinion.

I think keeping the cash at 50M is being too geneous... These players should all be playing, not sitting in the minor leagues. Force people to start moving their higher end contracts (like I do) instead of just sending all of them down.

[Tony]

We could do 40m this year then 35m in 12-13. In 2013-14 could go 30m or half of the real NHL cap. This will eventually help with the stopping of big contracts being put in the minors. 

[Drew]

It is also a 3 year plan where we start next year basically without a cap but it is there and people are thinking about it. The next year if players are still sitting in minors there will be a cap of 40m that will restrict teams but they will still be able to maintain it without problems. By year 3, we will have it at half the major league salary and teams with players that have been sitting there for the start will be moved out or their contracts have run out.
I don't think half the major league salary is too little, around 30m, because right now the team with the most cash in the minors is Dallas at 35.2m once Pronger gets down there. So 30m is pretty manageable.

[Miku]

Have you seen Dallas's minor league? If he can get all of this in the minors and still be barely over the cap then 30m is more then enough. I hope we get to the point where even 30m is too much. It would be nice if we could start with 30m next year also, starting with 50m is silly, just slap the 30m on and teams over 30m can delete one contract from their minors with no repercussions to reach the point where they are under 30m so that they have to start actually paying attention to it. People need to be more aware of what and who they are trading not just trade whoever and take whatever cap hit they want and just send them down if they don't have room.

C - Sean Backman, N/C (0 games)   
*C - Joe Thornton, $7.0m (2013-14)
*C - Matt Cullen, $3.5m (2012-13)
*C - Saku Koivu, $2.5m (2011-12)
*C - Mike Fisher, $4.2 (2012-13)
*LW - Michael Cammalleri, $6.0m (2013-14)
*LW - Matt Cooke, $1.3m (2011-12)
*LW - Kirill Kabanov, $0.2m (2011-12)
*LW - Austin Watson, $1.0m (2011-12)
RW - Scott Glennie, N/C (0 games)
D - Jared Cowen, N/C (0 games)
D - Phillp Larsen, N/C (8 games)
*D - Roman Hamrlik, $4.6m (2012-13)
*D - Chris Pronger, $4.9m (2013-14)

[Tony]

I see your point Miku but you have to give teams like Dallas time to trade or move players up. Teams might have to let these players stay in the minors until their contracts run out. Teams made these decicions not knowing there would be a cap. It would be unfair to tell them they are maxed out without time to make the moves they need to fix the problem. I could see the plan going from 40 to 35 to 30 or half the NHL cap.

[Gilly]

I know were using me cause im a fine example of someone with a huge minor roster....but just so folks aren't upset, I do plan on adding a few propects, and quite a few big boys, then moving some others...no matter the cap space I can be under it...Im currently at 35 mill and change without counting the few prospects with NC....after I call many up during the waiver free period I won't have any issues....this is a rough time cause u can send people down while you re-build, but not able to bring up till waiver free to finalize all the work I put in.....like I said though, whatever the cap, I will make it!!