The 2015/16 penguins had 29/71.5 mil tied up in top 4 forwards.
The of their top 5 salaries consisted of 1g 1d 3f. The penguins did have to wait several years from the signing of Malkin / Crosby for the salary cap to grow enough for them to add the secondary components to be cup competitive.

Leafs have 41.5/81.5 mil spent on 4 forwards, that’s a significantly higher % than the pens did when they won cups.

41% vs 51%

dont think thats too signficant

take myers and lu's penalty tymen
that's about 10%

10% in a cap league is huge.

10% is 8 mil, an elite d-man or 2 solid middle of roster contributors.

It’s the difference between spending League minimum on 6 bottom six forwards or spending ~2mil on them and not having AHL 3rd / 4rth lines.

This post was edited by remco6 on Feb 4 2020 04:10pm

How long Andersen is injured? I got him in my pool, don't know if I should trade him or not

Fuck I was trying so hard to trade him during bye week in my league, now it's impossible haha

he's currently labeled day to day, but it's a neck injury so you never know

sadly Leafs Nation is probably celebrating this

this team makes me want to vomit sometimes

so unlucky in OT, poke check lands on Kovalchuk's stick