The Ryan Johansen trade illustrated how hard it is to move money in Year 3 of a more or less frozen cap environment, writes PierreVLeBrun. More rumblings ahead of the draft, including the latest on the Flyers-Blues negotiations.
“There’s no money in the system, ” Predators general manager Barry Trotz toldIn other words, creating $4 million of cap room for the next two years was worth it for the Predators even though it meant $4 million in dead cap space by retaining half of Johansen’s $8 million cap hit. It’s not about spending that cap money now. It’s more of projecting out as the new GM continues to tweak this roster in his reset of the organization.
And it feels like it’s become an even harsher reality in the third year of this cap stagnation. Next summer, when the cap finally jumps for real, can’t come fast enough for teams and players. As for the Avs, the acquisition of Johansen — who could be a good fit as a second-line center with a now-$4 million AAV — doesn’t necessarily close the door on re-signing pending UFA center. My understanding is that the Avs would like to try to bring him back. But it’s got to work for them. Compher had a career-high 52 points this past season, so the allure of July 1 might be too difficult to ignore if there’s a chance of getting more than $5 million a year.
“We’ve got lots of good young kids coming. I’ve just got to make sure I leave holes available to them.”
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