Quoting: palhal
I tend to disagree with the math, when folks say "The cap is going up, and in this case 13m is coming off the books.
Well when the cap goes up, players get more money across the board, It just isn't free money
And money coming off the book. Well those players have to be replaced, and that costs cap, and if better players replace them, that might cost more than 13m.
Bettman has never been honest in his predictions for the NHL cap. He always over estimates it. Hey I hope it goes up a lot......that would could for the everyone associated with the NHL. But I certainly wouldn't screw up my future cap relaying on what Bettman. says.
Bettman is never really that far off his predicted cap increases. But let's say he is off by 1 to 2 MIL over those two years......there is still 13 MIL coming off the books.
And to address your other point.
Those players should be replaced by our current prospect pool.
In 2 to 3 years guys like Maillioux, Hutson, Engstrom, Roy, Beck, Kidney, Heinneman, Mesar......the list goes on.
Should be making their steps into the NHL and all will be on team friendly entry level deals which certainly won't come close to the 13MIL coming off the books.
The point I'm trying to emphasize here is that this, like other posts in this thread, are all concernded about salary cap implications in a few years...
And the math simply shows it won't be an issue at all