The Canucks already had a dilemma, but the flat cap exacerbates their situation, which is affected by penalties and bad contracts. (by imacSportsnet)
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At least the salary cap won’t go down next season and, happily, commissioner Gary Bettman didn’t invent any new ways to hammer the Canucks retroactively for doing what had been entirely legal in the previous CBA. How, in the most litigious society on Earth, Bettman and owners got the Roberto Luongo cap-recapture penalty past NHLPA lawyers in 2012 is one of the great mysteries of our time.
Still, the Canucks were planning their cap gymnastics next season based on a modest increase in the salary cap for 2020-21 and the promise of greater escalation the season after. Instead, with a roster of 15 players under contract next season at a cost of $65.2 million, including the bonus overage carried over from this season, the Canucks have only $16.3 million available for another seven or eight players.
Anchored by “dead money” in the Luongo penalty , last summer’s buyout of Ryan Spooner and Baertschi’s NHL cap hit from Utica – all figures in this story are from CapFriendly.com – the Canucks could get some long-term injury relief if Micheal Ferland is unable to play next season due to concussion.
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