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that doesn't quite make sense, as you can go over the cap with bonuses. If the players don't hit their bonuses, you won't know it until the end of the year, at which point, you can't really spend more.I believe if a player has any added bonuses in their contract such as scoring X amount of goals, and they don't reach that goal, then the money can be spent elsewhere. At the end of the year, paid bonuses count towards the cap.
that's what I thought too. Seems a team like Chicago hasn't really been called on it yet though.If a team's bonuses exceed the salary cap at the end of a season, the excess amount is deducted from the team's cap the following season.
that's what I thought too. Seems a team like Chicago hasn't really been called on it yet though.
according to nhlnumbers, their payroll was $62 mill for this past year (well above the cap) and are already sitting at $57.6 mill cap for next year with only 14 players signed (pretty much no room left). Bonus cushion # for next year is almost $63 mill.
nhlnumbers.com Team Overview
I'm missing something.
/fwiw, i wasn't on a Chicago witch-hunt (trying to understand my own team's structure better), but the Hawks were the best example of going over the cap, and apparently staying over the cap.