Salary Cap Analysis

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by CrazyCanuck

Agreed.

With the current CBA you can only prorate 4 years out for 2006. It used to be a max of 7 years, but has been declining every year as the CBA approaches expiry.

So Portis' $3M bonus would be spread out over the next 4 years at a hit of $750K per year. If a new CBA is signed, I'd assume the max proration would go back to 7 years.

True that. I forgot about that. I tend to live in the land of milk and honey, where the beer flows like beer, there are no hephalumps or woozles, and the CBA never has a chance of expiring. It may be a bit utopian and the danger of the CBA expiring is surely real and tangible at this point, but I really don't think either side wants to let it expire. I think they'll get it done at the last minute, even if it takes postponing the March 3 start of free agency.