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Special Guest(s):

Foote - 8:00

Goalie Stats: Marky (I'm sorry bub)

Saves - 25

Save Percentage - .893

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hi do you know how the salary cap works? like i saw that the devils has 4.9 remain by puckpedia and they have like 3 rfa players to sign. if these 4.9 isn't "enough" they wait until the projected cap space for next season? like the teams will have money for the next season or they works with wait remained? sorry if its confused but i really dont know lol

Hey anon! (To my other anons - working on your asks rn, love y'all!) I'll explain it as simply as I can, okay?

The salary cap is, in lowest terms, the amount of money you can spend on your roster a year. (It's not exactly that, because multiyear contracts go by AAV, which is the average yearly value of the contract, and you have AHL stuff going up and down too, but to keep it simple.) For 2024-25, that number is 88m.

The Devils have 3 RFAs remaining (Foote, Daws, Mercer). If they intend to have all three players on their NHL roster next year, those players' salaries under the cap cannot be over 4.9m together, as they have 4.9m cap space left. However, Daws will likely be buried in the AHL, given the Markstrom/Allen tandem, so he shouldn't affect the cap. Foote may be sent to the AHL, but it's more likely he stays at the NHL level to start the season due to his waivers situation. Mercer will be in the NHL. So Foote + Mercer needs to come in under 4.9m AAV.

Foote shouldn't be taking more than 900k-950k, due to the injury he sustained (disk in his back) that kept him out almost all of the 2023-24 season. (He needs to be paid at least 875k annually, as per his qualifying offer.) Thus, Mercer should get a contract in the 3-4m range, likely a bridge deal for 3 years or so.

If the Devils are over the cap to start the season, they can put players on SOIR (season-opening injured reserve) and/or LTIR (long-term injured reserve), which effectively zeroes their cap hit until they're activated again. Of course, these players do actually have to be injured, though. Otherwise, they can trade players to make the cap situation work. However, this is unlikely because of what I've mentioned above - Daws shouldn't be on the NHL roster, Foote will be cheap, and Mercer shouldn't be making more than 4m on a bridge.

Let me know if this helps, anon, or if you have any other questions!

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