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The numbers don't add up... just as his salry/caphit is pro-rated so are any Habs (and I would suggest it is tabulated on the number of games played by a player's team to-date.)

Why do you think he will not re-sign with a team he is traded to...

Brian, I’m not challenging your formula to pro-rate, and it make sense to me. However, I have been using a different formula, dividing salary by 186 days and subtracting that from total number of days left,( approx. 126x daily salary ). I think Oct.10 or 6th. was the start. Have I been wasting time? Dividing games into salary is easier and faster to get a pro-rated cap hit.

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This is my thought on a possible trade:

TO ATL:

Latendresse

Higgins

1st Round pick 09

OByrne

To MTL

Kovalchuk

Signing Kovalchuk long-term outweighs any production, combined by those players

Doubt it. Remember that Kovalchuk is a better player than Hossa and he has one more year left in his contract. Christensen and Armstrong both had one more year in their contracts. Latendresse and Higgins become RFA and UFA after this season.

I really don't think there would be any agreement between Gainey and Waddell. I think Waddell would want something more like this:

1st Rounder

Andrei Kostitsyn

Latendresse (RFA)

Higgins (UFA)

McDonagh

O'Byrne or Carle

Christensen was a talented player who couldnt do much in the NHL, but I believe Armstrong contributes more than Latendresse. McDonagh is sorta like Esposito. And because Kovalchuk is worth more than Hossa, we'll need to add in AK46 and maybe carle or obyrne.

Now this is something I would never do. I'd actually be more inclined to do my last proposition with the draft picks (but substituting the 2nd pick for a 4th)

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Brian, I’m not challenging your formula to pro-rate, and it make sense to me. However, I have been using a different formula, dividing salary by 186 days and subtracting that from total number of days left,( approx. 126x daily salary ). I think Oct.10 or 6th. was the start. Have I been wasting time? Dividing games into salary is easier and faster to get a pro-rated cap hit.
I don't think you have been wasying your time. However, games played are what make up a season for a team at any given time. (Players are payed in bonus terms per round for playoffs, where number of total days cannot be calculated.) Your system could be valid... maybe I'm the one that is wrong.... but I would suggest my method does represent services performed and not days accumulated that may not include the same number of games from one team to another.
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I don't think you have been wasting your time. However, games played are what make up a season for a team at any given time. (Players are payed in bonus terms per round for playoffs, where number of total days cannot be calculated.) Your system could be valid... maybe I'm the one that is wrong.... but I would suggest my method does represent services performed and not days accumulated that may not include the same number of games from one team to another.

Thank you Brian, I have been searching the CBA for the past two hours for conformation of either, and the closest I can find is this;

There are other areas of the CBA that list the league season by days.

"To understand how each team's cap count is calculated, think of a bank account. For the 2007-08 season, teams got a "deposit" of about $268,984 each day which they can spend on player salaries. (This is $50.3 million divided by 187 days, the length of the ’07-08 season; the season is deemed to have started on October 3, 2007 even though there were two regular-season games played in London.) The difference left over is the "payroll room", the amount that can be used in the future - so each team's cap count can go up or down on a daily basis. The amount of "payroll room" can never fall below zero - so teams can't borrow from the future to pay for today."

I like your system of games better, it's easier and faster. However, I think member Graeme posted a a easy guide last year outlining the formula to be used.

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Rocket had the cost/cap today for Kovalchuk using games at $3.5 million.

If we use the league season (days ) the cost/cap today would be $5,107.377 million (approx)

That kind of cap hit would not work.

The league season runs from opening day until July 1st. ( 186 days )

The players don't get pay by the "day" but once every 2 weeks, so im pretty sure my numbers are in the "correct range" they might not be totally exact, but they're not too far of the reality either.

Why do you think he will not re-sign with a team he is traded to...

Him and his agent are gonna want the big bucks of July 1st.

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Rocket had the cost/cap today for Kovalchuk using games at $3.5 million.

If we use the league season (days ) the cost/cap today would be $5,107.377 million (approx)

That kind of cap hit would not work.

The league season runs from opening day until July 1st. ( 186 days )

Rocket actually used a weekly pay schedule I believe and not games. But he forgot that Habs' salaries/Cap hit would have to be pro-rated too.
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Rocket actually used a weekly pay schedule I believe and not games. But he forgot that Habs' salaries/Cap hit would have to be pro-rated too.

I didn't forget that, remember about the part where i said that at least 1 or 2 players with NHL contract would need to go the other way, i guess you forgot to add that extra money to create cap room.

We won't get any superstar for free unfortunately.

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I didn't forget that, remember about the part where i said that at least 1 or 2 players with NHL contract would need to go the other way, i guess you forgot to add that extra money to create cap room.

We won't get any superstar for free unfortunately.

You said, "We only need 1,090,000$ to make room for Kovalchuk, so if 1 or 2 players with NHL contracts are involve in the trade we got enough room for him.

I'll explain myself, the cap space at the moment is: 1,550,000$ (you could easily add 860,000$ to that amount (Ryan O'byrne salary if sent to hamilton) so that would makes it: 2,410,000$))"

O'Byrne's cap hit would need to be pro-rated... as well as any other Hab in the trade, is what I'm saying.

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BG wants us to win this year...if the price is right he pulls the trigger

couldn't agree more. he is also signed for one more season and is a superstar. opens up alot of different sceneios in the offseason when you have a great player for the upcoming season signed and so many ufa's to tend to.

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Marian Hossa, a rental player of similar value, warranted medium quality roster players, medium to high quality prospects, and a late 1st round draft pick. It was the best offer in the league.

How about this:

Roster players

Guillaume Latendresse

Ryan O'Byrne

Christopher Higgins

(Worth more than Christensen and Armstrong)

Prospects:

One of Yannick Weber, Mathieu Carle or PK Subban (An offensive defensemen)

Thomas Beauregard

(Worth about as much as Angelo Esposito)

Draft Picks

2nd round pick 2009

1st round pick 2010

3rd round pick 2010 conditional on Habs making Stanley Cup Finals in either year

(Worth a little bit more than one immediate 1st round pick)

Also: Salary dump, likely Francis Bouillon

So overall we give up a bit more than the Penguins gave up, where everyone thinks they overpaid, for a player of slightly higher value.

It makes sense,

And then we have a second line of:

Kovalchuk - Lang/Plekanec - Kovalev

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Marian Hossa, a rental player of similar value, warranted medium quality roster players, medium to high quality prospects, and a late 1st round draft pick. It was the best offer in the league.

How about this:

Roster players

Guillaume Latendresse

Ryan O'Byrne

Christopher Higgins

(Worth more than Christensen and Armstrong)

Prospects:

One of Yannick Weber, Mathieu Carle or PK Subban (An offensive defensemen)

Thomas Beauregard

(Worth about as much as Angelo Esposito)

Draft Picks

2nd round pick 2009

1st round pick 2010

3rd round pick 2010 conditional on Habs making Stanley Cup Finals in either year

(Worth a little bit more than one immediate 1st round pick)

Also: Salary dump, likely Francis Bouillon

So overall we give up a bit more than the Penguins gave up, where everyone thinks they overpaid, for a player of slightly higher value.

I believe the Pens overpaid, but that's what it takes to get a player of this calibre.

I don't believe Higgins is worth more than Christensen and Armstrong. Remember he is going to be a UFA. Christensen and Armstrong had one year left in their contracts.

Beauregard as good as Esposito? Beauregard is older, undrafted and plays in the ECHL... Esposito might not be much right now but he is a wild card and has more untapped potential.

This deal is not as lean as some of the other deals I've seen but I think Waddell might want some more quality and less quantity. Also if I were Bob, I don't think I would want to part with so many draft picks. I just don't think it would be a good idea to get Kovalchuk here, he will cost too much.

lol you guys are giving up so much that the trashers would probably do it in a heart beat.

Thank god Bob Gainey is not like you guys lol.

I doubt Gainey will be able to get him here via a trade. But I can't believe some of the propositions I've seen here. Most of you are definetely underestimating Kovalchuk. Waddell is not going to just hand him away to us for a cheap package.

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Rocket actually used a weekly pay schedule I believe and not games. But he forgot that Habs' salaries/Cap hit would have to be pro-rated too.

I guess I didn’t explain myself very well, First I would love to have Kovalchuk. Now, with that out of the way.

I was questioning ‘Rocket’s’ formula for pro-rated the balance of cap only, not the frequency of being paid. My reason for that is; I once posted something similar for another player and used, number of games (82) / by cap hit and I was corrected by a member and reminded to use the CBA formula of taking the league season of 186 days and dividing into the total cap the team acquiring the player is only responsible for the remaining days of that season. A example would be, Kovalchuk cap hit is $6.4 million

Divided by 186= $34,408.60 per day . From today, 60 days have expired from the 186

Meaning, (according to the CBA ) For Montreal to acquire Kovalchuk it would be 126* 34408.60 = a balance of cap at $5,105.337.

Where is Graeme or the numbers guy when you need them.

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I guess I didn’t explain myself very well, First I would love to have Kovalchuk. Now, with that out of the way.

I was questioning ‘Rocket’s’ formula for pro-rated the balance of cap only, not the frequency of being paid. My reason for that is; I once posted something similar for another player and used, number of games (82) / by cap hit and I was corrected by a member and reminded to use the CBA formula of taking the league season of 186 days and dividing into the total cap the team acquiring the player is only responsible for the remaining days of that season. A example would be, Kovalchuk cap hit is $6.4 million

Divided by 186= $34,408.60 per day . From today, 60 days have expired from the 186

Meaning, (according to the CBA ) For Montreal to acquire Kovalchuk it would be 126* 34408.60 = a balance of cap at $5,105.337.

Where is Graeme or the numbers guy when you need them.

The only reason my numbers were a little off it's because ive read somewhere that Kovalchuk was making 290,000$ a week, but that was probably translated into canadiens dollars for some reason, anyway your math on 34,408.60 times 126 is wrong and it's 4,335,483.60 and minus 240,860.20 every week from now on.

So next week it's a little more than 4 million minus our cap room + 2 players with NHL contract going the other way, that would be possible.

The only problem is...... I don't want Kovalchuk unless he comes here with an extension already signed which is..... never going to happen.

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