More in salary cap
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Shero, Botterill Utilize New Salary Cap Rule
The Penguins used the NHL’s new Retained Salary Transaction rule on Wednesday when acquiring Jussi Jokinen.
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How is the Penguins’ Dream Team Actually Cap Compliant?
How do Crosby, Malkin, Iginla, Morrow, Neal, Letang, Martin, Fleury, and more fit under the salary cap?
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Salary Cap Reduction Will Tomahawk Chicago
When you look around at the financial landscape of professional sports, you see a frightening example of why it is so difficult to create and keep together a team that...
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NHL Salaries: The Sharks’ Tough Decisions
Sixty four million dollars – an enormous amount of money for most people on planet Earth. However, for 30 general managers around the league, this amount is very small and...
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How Do NHL Compliance Buyouts Work?
NHL teams will be allowed two compliance buyouts heading into next season. How do compliance buyouts work and how might they be exploited?
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Why The Colorado Avalanche Won’t Make The Playoffs Next Season
In my last article, I discussed the critical success factors that could lead to the Colorado Avalanche making the playoffs next season. This article will involve taking a more pessimistic line...
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How the West Has Fared Post-Lockout
With the current CBA about to expire, it’s time to look at how the NHL’s Western Conference has fared since the 2004-2005 lockout…
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NHL Lockout: Pittsburgh Penguins to Benefit from Status Quo
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ home sellout streak spans five seasons and two arenas. They’ve got the highest local television ratings of any team in the NHL or NBA. They’ve spent to...
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Same Ol’ Chiarelli: Bruins Stay Conservative In Free Agency
By Wayne Whittaker, Boston Bruins Correspondent When your team wins the Stanley Cup, you also receive a free pass for twelve months of bragging rights. Once those twelve months expire,...
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Montreal Canadiens sign a plethora of players
New Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin has been fairly active regarding the signing and the re-signing of key players for the organization in the past 72 hours. The rookie...
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NHL Salary Cap Could Rise to $73.8 Million
Based on Gary Bettman’s comments from New Jersey on Wednesday, the NHL salary cap could rise as high as $73.8 million this summer.
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The NHL Salary Cap Dream Team
With the salary cap presenting financial challenges for general managers everywhere, although they do attempt to circumvent the rules at times (ahem, Mr. Lamoriello), building a championship-caliber squad has become a very inexact science…