Kresco Posted September 7, 2023 Report Share Posted September 7, 2023 (edited) Was talking with a buddy regarding the new Jake Sanderson contract, and we got talking about a potential change we thought might be interesting for the NHL to impliment So Jake Sanderson signed a 8 year $64.4 Mill contract for a AAV of $8,050,000 but has one year left of $925k Cap hit. The thought was that GM's would be given then choice of consolidating his total contract to help reduce the AAV over the years or running as is and using the cap in his last year of his lower contract to sign other players: So either: A) Combining Sandersons $1,850,000 (1 year) AAV with his 8 year $64.4 Mill new contract to make a 9 year $66.250 contract with an AAV of $7.361 saving $700k a year (ish) on his annual AAV. for the length of his contract. or B) Leave his contract as is giving more cap space for other players this year but a slightly higher AAV for the next 8 years. This doesn't create a huge change but with tighter and tighter caps it does open doors for more cap management. What are your thoughts on this? Edited September 7, 2023 by Kresco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted September 7, 2023 Report Share Posted September 7, 2023 Extremely difficult to track and manage progammatically. All of our salary info pulls from a central database (which pulls directly from Capfriendly), so anything that makes an AAV vary from league to league is pretty much a non-starter. It's a fun idea, in general... just logistically challenging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kresco Posted September 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2023 (edited) Sorry should have been a bit more clear. It was suggested for the the NHL league not so much capwise. Edited September 7, 2023 by Kresco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted September 7, 2023 Report Share Posted September 7, 2023 Ohhhhhh that's interesting. Doesn't the NFL do a lot of this kind of stuff? Restructuring contracts to lower cap hit. I think it's brilliant, albeit complicated for the fans. Gives teams so much more flexibility. I think the NHL would see a lot more trading (even though the NFL sees virtually no trading). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kresco Posted September 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2023 (edited) Ya that was kinda the thought. Adds flexibility to help facilitate trades and movement. Edited September 8, 2023 by Kresco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leevaughn Posted September 9, 2023 Report Share Posted September 9, 2023 I could see that a lot more young players would be getting top dollar on their entry level contract in hopes of utilizing this strategy. I would hope it would only be effective for max term and high value extensions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leevaughn Posted September 9, 2023 Report Share Posted September 9, 2023 Nevermind. I fucked up the concept now that I read it over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leevaughn Posted September 9, 2023 Report Share Posted September 9, 2023 But it should still only be available to high end -top tern contracts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kresco Posted September 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2023 interesting thought that it would be exclusive to certain contracts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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