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Post by Ian-Halifax on Aug 4, 2013 20:27:53 GMT -5
The thread about why some guys want to make sure they can use their drop before RFA got me thinking. I think last year we filled out our contracts on the website. I don't remember when exactly it was done, but my question is can it be done as soon as a player is retained/acquired by a new team? Similar to dropping players, teams wouldn't be required to pick these contracts until a specific date. However, if someone wants to earlier, will they have the option? The minimum savings on a max contract ($6 mil/yr for 6 years) is $750,000/year, which is pretty significant money. Especially if a team has more than one RFA like that. I could see myself having this problem next year with the amount of RFAs I have.
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Post by Scott-New York on Aug 4, 2013 20:53:07 GMT -5
I wouldn't mind seeing teams be able to set term immediately but owners need to keep in mind that during the re-signing phase they have extra cap to work with, don't let this get the best of you. If we did move to this recommendation, we might be able to eliminate the extra 5% in wiggle room as I believe this was the purpose behind implementing it in the first place.
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Post by Ian-Halifax on Aug 4, 2013 20:58:55 GMT -5
Very true. I wouldn't really have a problem if we still gave teams a little extra wiggle room, say $2 million. Even in the NHL, you can be over cap as long as you are compliant when the season starts. But I would agree we could eliminate it or at least drop the number some, I wouldn't want to see teams get carried away with over-spending.
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Post by Glenn-Philadelphia on Aug 5, 2013 6:00:07 GMT -5
The current solution has contract length being assigned after FA is complete. We may be able to rework this at some point in the future but this year we will follow the same timeline.
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