bickel signing was meh, crawford was bit overpayment, hjalmarsson could maybe be had cheaper but isnt that bad

but, what can you do with your starter who just won you the stanley cup? lol

No, but he will be 4 million dollar level.

hjalmarssons deal is a part of setting a new standard for4 mil

the fact that leafs are happily overpaying for stuff is nasty

Meh, Cap is gonna go way up. Snagging guys for cheap now is gonna be amazing in the future, its gonna rise at least 5 mil every year if projected properly.

wat... 5 mil per year? ok. according to what?

this
iirc they were projecting it go up like 2-3 mill a season if all goes well
but this coming season it went down...

5 percent growth. Ends up being about 4-5 per year after 3-4 years. This year they made 70ish percent of '11-12 playing 58 percent of the games.

This post was edited by dxlightning on Sep 5 2013 03:22am

now im no math genius, but isn't it pretty much going to take a bunch of years before it's 5? since 5% of 100 is 5, and its a fair bit left there

difference between 4 and 5 is huge

Cumulative interest. It cranks up pretty fast, plus this years numbers suggest 5% is understated. The NHLPA also has the option to apply a 5% inflator on top of that 5% so cap growth actually ends up being a bit more than what revenue growth is.

yes, but if its 5% now, that's like, what. 3.6? or some shit

the step between 3.6 and 5 is major, and saying it's going to grow 5 mil every year suggests that there'll be a possibility to add a top6 forward every year .)