1- DET have 5 defenseman paid over 3 000 000$ I think they will trade one of them.

2- Johan Franzen (37 years old) is on injured reserve (concussion). He take 3 954 545$ under cap hit, but is real salary will 2 000 000$ for next year and 1 000 000$ for the two other years.

Just trade him to a team would make the floor cap artificially and DET will OK with the cap.

If Detroit has a CAP Problem with this roster, i can see why Babcock left for TO.

The amount being played to some of these players seems crazy and especially their goaltenders.

Trading Franzen does nothing for the cap.

Trading Franzen does nothing for the cap.[/quote]


What counts against the cap? (NHL numbers)

- Players who have been on the Active Roster. Some may be inactive now but the time spent on the Active Roster is used to calculate the prorated cap hit.
- Players on IR and Long Term IR.
- Buyouts
- Retired players with contracts signed when aged 35 or over
- Bonuses count against the cap if met. If the bonuses are met and pushes the team's Cap Hit over the upper limit, the overage is added on to the following year's Cap Hit.
- All Bonuses are included in the Cap Hit calculation to illustrate the "worst-case" scenario for the team. If the bonuses aren't met, the player's Cap Hit will actually be lower. Therefore the current Cap Hit that you see may not be accurate.

What counts against the cap? (NHL numbers)

- Players who have been on the Active Roster. Some may be inactive now but the time spent on the Active Roster is used to calculate the prorated cap hit.
- Players on IR and Long Term IR.
- Buyouts
- Retired players with contracts signed when aged 35 or over
- Bonuses count against the cap if met. If the bonuses are met and pushes the team's Cap Hit over the upper limit, the overage is added on to the following year's Cap Hit.
- All Bonuses are included in the Cap Hit calculation to illustrate the "worst-case" scenario for the team. If the bonuses aren't met, the player's Cap Hit will actually be lower. Therefore the current Cap Hit that you see may not be accurate.[/quote]

It counts against the cap but there's this thing called LTIR RELIEF where you get relief from players on LTIR if you are over the cap; thus, trading Franzen does nothing for the Wings' situation.