Quoting: Grammer77
You know that Cap hits are different from actual salary earned right?
Kap is only owed 5 million in the next 2 years and Crouse 3.5 million.
And if the deal is made after July 1st Kap gets a 1 million bonus already paid by the Leafs. So Kap would only be owed 4 million from Arizona over 2 years.
So yes...250K per season.
And if you add Hossa to the deal Arizona saves 250K a year.
I understand the concept of cap dollars as compared to real dollars.
I think you missed my point, so let me explain it again.
In cap dollars Arizona has 74 million allotted to 16 players, whether Kappanen makes 3.2 in cap dollars or 2 million in real dollars, the cap hit is 3.2 no matter what he gets in real dollars. With Crouse making 1.533 in CAP dollars it is a cap hit to Arizona, sure in real dollars it maybe less, but when you are against the cap ceiling real dollars mean nothing if you have NO CAP Space.
For the purpose of understanding the CAP, real dollars mean virtually nothing. The only time that real dollars mean anything is when a team like Ottawa take on a player with a high Average Cap to reach the Cap Floor but really are paying out a considerable less real salary.
Arizona may or may not have money issues but they most definitely have cap issues.