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Cap Room May Not Mean Spending Room
by Paul on 08/22/07 at 10:22 PM ET
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from Spector at Fox Sports,
Heading into 2007-08, however, a considerable number of teams have far more cap space and thus more flexibility should the need arise early in the season to bolster roster depth.
Twenty-five of the NHL’s 30 teams presently sit well below this coming season’s $50.3 million cap.
Of those, nine clubs — Atlanta, Buffalo, Carolina, Los Angeles, Minnesota, N.Y. Islanders, Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Tampa Bay — have payrolls presently around the mid-point range ($42.3 million) between the cap’s $50.3 million maximum and the $34.3 million minimum.
However, those teams have self-established cap ceilings and aren’t expected to spend much more over what they’ve presently committed to this season’s payrolls.
Two teams, Columbus and Florida, are currently well below the mid-point but also aren’t expected to spend much beyond $40 million in payroll.
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You look at a team like Pittsburgh, who in coming years will be dishing out big money deals to the likes of Malkin, Staal and Fleury, not to mention the deal that Crosby signed, so it is no wonder that they have set their own ceiling.
Posted by Mac from Canada on 08/23/07 at 07:23 AM ET
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I didn’t realize Tampa had that much room. I would think, with their recent successes, and the fact that they seem to only be a couple pieces away from being able to be a Cup favorite again, they could get away with raising ticket prices a bit to gain some more revenue to raise their own imposed cap, and make a couple moves.
Posted by Hasekbowstome on 08/22/07 at 11:58 PM ET