Duncan Keith is retiring

[LGR4GM]

 

[Brawndo]

Edmonton now has around 15 Million in Cap Space 

Evander Kane and a goalie? 

[Brawndo]

 

[thewookie1]

Ticks me off, hate when those teams near the cap luck out

[tom webster]

  On 7/8/2022 at 4:54 PM, thewookie1 said:

Ticks me off, hate when those teams near the cap luck out

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The only people that talk about the cap are people who don’t want to spend money or people that screw it up. That’s why I hate when people keep talking about saving cap space for future signings. Good teams know how to navigate it.

[Eleven]

We here at SabreSpace DraftNet believe that he projects to be Duncan Keith.

[Chevyvanmiller]

In his prime he was an elite player. Wish him the best in retirement.

[IKnowPhysics]

Cap recapture is such a weird thing.  Player signs with Team X, gets traded to Team Y years later, retires from Team Y years after that, and Team X eats a stiff cap penalty.

I suppose the lesson is don't frontload contracts.

[Contempt]

  On 7/8/2022 at 6:04 PM, IKnowPhysics said:

Cap recapture is such a weird thing.  Player signs with Team X, gets traded to Team Y years later, retires from Team Y years after that, and Team X eats a stiff cap penalty.

I suppose the lesson is don't frontload contracts.

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Team X is the one that got the benefit so it makes sense in that way

[FogBat]

  On 7/8/2022 at 4:47 PM, Brawndo said:

Edmonton now has around 15 Million in Cap Space 

Evander Kane and a goalie? 

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With Kane’s off-ice issues, no thanx!

[ddaryl]

  On 7/8/2022 at 4:56 PM, tom webster said:

The only people that talk about the cap are people who don’t want to spend money or people that screw it up. That’s why I hate when people keep talking about saving cap space for future signings. Good teams know how to navigate it.

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You can push it down the road some and maintain with cap gymnastics but at some point the piper will be paid.

Chicago for example, although they went to extreme in their tear down, Dare I say Buffalo tank for McDavid/Eichel extreme

Other teams will be forced to make tough decisions, some will prolong for a little while longer, some will start the inevitable decline.

[tom webster]

  On 7/15/2022 at 8:07 PM, ddaryl said:

You can push it down the road some and maintain with cap gymnastics but at some point the piper will be paid.

Chicago for example, although they went to extreme in their tear down, Dare I say Buffalo tank for McDavid/Eichel extreme

Other teams will be forced to make tough decisions, some will prolong for a little while longer, some will start the inevitable decline.

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People been saying this for years. You can keep the guys you want if you are smart about it. Chicago made some stupid decisions.

[Huckleberry]

Well this works out perfectly for Chicago though, easy to keep reaching capfloor while tanking.