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Old 05-17-2010, 05:03 PM   #23
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I was unaware that the NHL salary cap was structured in such a way that the cap hit per year is the total of the players deal divided by the number of years the deal is for. So the cap hit per year for Backstrom is $6.7 million, even though at the end of the contract he'll be making $8 million. The Cap for 09 was $56 million, figure that it is at least that next year. They've got $22.4 million tied up in those 3 players.

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Prior to the Backstrom signing they had $38.4 million in salary committed for the 10-11 season, and 8 Unrestricted Free Agents and 7 Restricted Free Agents still to sign. So with the Backstrom signing they now have $45.1 million committed for next year which is $11 million short of this years cap and still have 14 FA's to sign. Guessing trades? Theodore won't be resigned thats for sure. Plus Semin is a FA next year, find it hard to figure they'll be able to resign him.
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