Quoting: Habs_22_14_20
Y’all need to consider the cap going up
We might be surprised this summer, like we did when Gavrikov signed his 2 years extension at 5.875M
His cap hit was so high because you didn't give him any long term stability though.
Defensemen who got long term deals were in the 4.5-5 range range this year. I'm talking 2nd pairing level guys.
Yes the cap will go up but not by that much on top of the fact the league is becoming more and more top heavy.
2nd pairing guys really aren't the top heavy spending. So the range 5-5.5 is my guess on where 2nd pairing ends up next year.
Just like 4.5 - 5 is probably the cost of a good middle 6 winger. Think 2nd line guy.
The league is getting more top heavy. Over 50% of cap to 4-5 guys on a lot of teams, and everyone else is out of lucky. It's just the way the league is now. You see this on a lot of teams.
Everyone else takes a hair cut. So I'm not worried about some huge cap increase.
If you wanted a lower cap hit on Gav you should have given him term.