VGK Trades Evgenii Dadonov to MTL for Shea Weber's Contract

[Phil]

 

[josh]

Devils should be pissed that everyone else can get away with this shit except them 

[Sod16]

I don't understand how this type of deal benefits the team taking the injured/retired players contract.  Yes, you get to subtract that player's cap hit, but only after adding it?  I'm confused.

[BrooksBurner]

1 hour ago, Sod16 said:

I don't understand how this type of deal benefits the team taking the injured/retired players contract.  Yes, you get to subtract that player's cap hit, but only after adding it?  I'm confused.

 

It's a bit more complicated than this, but it allows them to max out the cap limit on the team without Weber's cap hit included. Whereas previously they would have had the cap limit minus Dadonov's cap hit to spend on the rest of the team.

 

So: Montreal saves a significant amount of real money by not paying a player who isn't going to play, while getting a decent player back. Vegas pays a significant amount more real money in exchange for freeing up cap space, which they knew they were going to have to do eventually the moment they traded for Eichel. I'm not sure how the real money part works (how much insurance covers versus the team, but I assume the team is on the hook for a healthy amount).

 

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Edited June 18, 2022 by rmc51

[Abe Froman]

On 6/17/2022 at 9:06 PM, rmc51 said:

 

It's a bit more complicated than this, but it allows them to max out the cap limit on the team without Weber's cap hit included. Whereas previously they would have had the cap limit minus Dadonov's cap hit to spend on the rest of the team.

 

So: Montreal saves a significant amount of real money by not paying a player who isn't going to play, while getting a decent player back. Vegas pays a significant amount more real money in exchange for freeing up cap space, which they knew they were going to have to do eventually the moment they traded for Eichel. I'm not sure how the real money part works (how much insurance covers versus the team, but I assume the team is on the hook for a healthy amount).

 

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Thanks for the explanation.