The Leafs and their dead cap space

[jammer2]

  Toronto is currently paying out 9.7 million for players not currently on the Leafs. Even worse, 5.4 million bucks are still on the cap for this year. 6 years after Darcy Tucker left Toronto, they are still paying out a cap hit for him, amazing when you think about it.

 

  Interesting article here, and a lesson on how NOT to manage the cap....lol.

 

 

 http://thehockeywriters.com/maple-leafs-non-leafs-still-salary-cap-hits/

 

 A list of players who the Leafs are paying for but not on the team. This article was written Sept 30, 2013....so I'm not sure why they list John-Michael Liles as a non Leaf...some of these players are being paid, but not on the actual cap hit.

 

 

• Ben Scrivens will be paid $63,776 in 2013-2014.
• Matt Frattin will be paid $449,324 in 2013-2014.
• Colby Armstrong will be paid $1-million in 2013-2014.
• Darcy Tucker will be paid $1-million in 2013-2014.
• Mike Komisarek will be paid nearly $1.2-million per season in 2013-2014 and 2014-2015.
• Mikhail Grabovski will be paid nearly $1.8-million per season from 2013-2014 to 2020-2021.
• John-Michael Liles will be paid $4.25-million per season in 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 and $2.75-million in 2015-2016.
• - See more at: http://thehockeywriters.com/maple-leafs-non-leafs-still-salary-cap-hits/#sthash.3yznmhsc.dpuf

 

 

 

 

[flyercanuck]

@jammer2

 

 By the time the Flyers are done paying Bryzgalov we may have actually won a cup.

[Commander Clueless]

Well, MLSE can do whatever they want with their own (our) money. The cap hit thing is what really matters, and that sucks. On top of that we also have another 3 games without Clarkson thanks to what passes for bravado in his head.

 

The cap situation is a bit messy particularly with Liles not playing. I like Liles and I think that, while overpaid, he can still be an effective NHLer so it sucks to see him in his current situation - although if I was Nonis/Carlyle, I wouldn't play him over Rielly at the moment either.

 

That said, I can't argue too much with the results thus far. It does, however, likely prevent the team from picking up a decent rental at the deadline should they be in a playoff position come deadline time.

 

Thankfully, a good chunk of that clears up this coming offseason so they should be okay, although by no means sitting pretty.