Category: Capmania, Capaphobia, Capaphilia, Capnesia

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I Don't See a Problem for the Devils Signing Kovy This Year and Parise Next Year

By Daws Butler | Aug 10th 2010 | 1 min read |

People have said they won’t be able to keep Zach Parise if they sign Ilya Kovalchuk, but I don’t see that at all. I’m not an expert ...

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Bowman on Salary Cap: "We exploited it in a way."

By Daws Butler | Aug 7th 2010 | 6 min read |

Chicago Blackhawks: You do the math – chicagotribune.comTurns out the 2010 Stanley Cup champions’ tricky winning equation depended on spen...

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Dammit! I missed the Puck Daddy Live Chat!

By Daws Butler | Jul 14th 2010 | 3 min read |

But I will edit myself into it after the fact. Puck Daddy’s Hockey Rumors Live Chat – Puck Daddy – NHL – Yahoo! Sports [Commen...

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Hawks Match Offer Sheet - Everyone Meets Up at Cap Geek

By Daws Butler | Jul 12th 2010 | 4 min read |

Add the $3.5MM to Chicago’s cap hit and they’ve got about $48,000 in cap space (over $100K if you figure in their bonus cushion — oh...

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Sharks sign Hjalmarsson to Offer Sheet - Hawks can't match without dumping Sharp, Bolland, Seabrook or Niemi

By Daws Butler | Jul 9th 2010 | 2 min read |

Bob McKenzie (TSNBobMcKenzie) on Twitter # CHI has seven days to match. Back to vacation. 3 minutes ago # I am not working, but I can tell you TSNR...

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BREAKING: Many Teams Hit With Bonus Cushion Penalty

By Daws Butler | Jul 2nd 2010 | 2 min read |

Not only is Chicago’s bonus cushion penalty more than estimated (it’s at $4.15MM) but eight other teams join the Hawks in having their cap...

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Hawks Cap: What I Predicted and What Happened

By Daws Butler | Jul 2nd 2010 | 3 min read |

In the Kovalchuk lull, now is as good a time as any for a self-serving “you said I was stupid but in fact I was right” post, and what bett...

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Ladd to Atlanta? Well, I called that one, didn't I?

By Daws Butler | Jul 1st 2010 | 2 min read |

And it didn’t even take 24 hours. So by my math, dump Huet in the AHL and Chicago is under the cap. And all they had to get rid of was: Dustin B...

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Hawks Cap Nightmare Alllllllllmost Over

By Daws Butler | Jun 30th 2010 | 3 min read |

Maybe at some point the Chicago fans who decided I was crazy will notice that Stan Bowman is apparently exactly as crazy as I am because he has done n...

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No, Chicago, You Can't Retroactively Put People on LTIR, and, No, It Wouldn't Help You Anyway

By Daws Butler | Jun 28th 2010 | 3 min read |

I got a retweet from someone that a Chicago radio station is saying the Hawks can cure their cap problems by retroactively placing players (e.g. Hossa...