2017-2018 New York Islanders

That’s what I’ve heard as well, though I’m not sure that makes too much sense.  If the cap is 80 or 82 million, were only talking a couple hundred thousand difference.



ha, look at me.  Only a couple hundred thousand a year difference.  So,what.  Haha

I dunno, I hear 15%.

20% seems like a shitload of budget to lock up on 1 guy. 15% also seems like a lot.... 15% of 82m is $12.3m. That’s a lot of dough.

I had to go look it up. The CBA does set a maximum salary at 20% of the cap for that year:

"In July of 2005, the NHL and NHLPA finalized the 2005 CBA ending a 310 day lockout that resulted in the loss of a season. The core feature of the accord was the introduction a salary cap, setting team spending limits based on league revenue and tying player salaries to such limits.

The maximum player salary was capped at 20% of the team salary cap. Meanwhile, the minimum player salary jumped 257% from $180,000 to $450,000 with fixed bumps in future years. "

So for 2017-2018, minimum salary was $650K, maximum was $15M (20% of $75M)"

20% on one player is a ridiculous number. McDavid is at a little over 15% with his $12.5M. Assuming the cap goes up, say to $82M, then $13M for Tavares on an $82M cap is about 15.8%

Kane and Toews got 8 years, $84M (10.5 per) both signed in 2014-15, when the cap was $69 M, so they got %15 of the cap each? Kopitar got $10M a year the year after, or 14% of the cap.

Gotta figure JT gets $12.5-$13M, seems to be the "going rate". Isles can give him the extra 8th year, which is an advantage.

Trotz steps down as capitals coach

www.tsn.ca/trotz-steps-down-as-capitals-coach-1.1116217





Could he be on his way to the island?

I hear as long as Trotz is offered around $4m a year, then Trotz as the next HC is a done deal.

And if Trotz is HC, I gotta believe JTs signature on the dotted line is all but guaranteed.