One positive about Theo's slip...

Ando · Guru

One positive about Theo's slip...

Johab · Guru

im not sure how that works and-o....could you explain?

Zulrath · Senior Member

With Theo on the IR, his salary doesn't count against the cap.

Jedah · Guru

This is really interesting now. I fully see no reason why Gainey can't go out and make a blockbuster trade of some sort. As far as I'm concerned, if he does nothing before the deadline, he isn't doing his job.

macneil · Guru

is this for sure , hiscap space could still count because its not hockey related , maybe someone known for sure .

hockeyman · Senior Member

Maybe BG was up late last night icing Theo's steps with the garden hose.

barry33 · Guru

Ando wrote:

...it immediately frees-up enough $$$ for a real high quality rent-a-player!

And-O, that would be fine if Theo broke his skull and was out for the remainder of his contract. Fact is they say 6-8 weeks. Then his salary counts againts the cap again..what do you do then? You now have your high pai drent a player, say at 2.5 million (the remainder of a 5 mill contract) and then Theo's overinflated 5 mill goes on the caproll again. The relief from Theo's strain on the cap is temporary at best.

plouf · Guru

barry33 wrote:

Ando wrote:
...it immediately frees-up enough $$$ for a real high quality rent-a-player!
And-O, that would be fine if Theo broke his skull and was out for the remainder of his contract. Fact is they say 6-8 weeks. Then his salary counts againts the cap again..what do you do then? You now have your high pai drent a player, say at 2.5 million (the remainder of a 5 mill contract) and then Theo's overinflated 5 mill goes on the caproll again. The relief from Theo's strain on the cap is temporary at best.

Temporary. Yep, no help in the long term. But for this season at least it reduces our total cap amount probably by around 1/2 a million, so it makes a "rent-a-player" totally possible. It could even be a very high-end rent-a-player.

I say, #$@ the rent-a-goalie. Stick with Huet and Danis and get a rent-a-real-defenseman.