About Vincent Lecavalier and his big contract...
by John Fontana on Aug 11, 2010 1:41 PM EDT
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PrintWith the Ilya Kovalchuk ruling, reactions and the inkling of investigations into other contracts to see if circumvention of the cap was in play... It's been asked: What about Vincent Lecavalier and his 11 year contract?
@AndyStrickland first posted the question on Twitter yesterday, and Lecavalier's new teammate Dan Ellis (who was against the Kovalchuk ruling) retweeted the message to his followers to popularize the point.
So, is Vinny's contract under investigation too? Will it be open to scrutiny? Not happening says a report from Damian Cristordero at the St. Pete Times:
Some have wondered if Vinny Lecavalier's 11-year, $85 million contract extension should be scrutinized as well. But NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly wrote in an e-mail Tuesday that the league has "no issue with (Lecavalier's) contract."
I don't want to repost all of Damian's story here. To summarize, he lays out the problem with Kovalchuk's deal -- the structure, the front-loaded payout, the extremes -- and compares it to Lecavalier's. Sure, there is a large payout to Vinny up front with a drop off... but...
...Lecavalier's deal, while reducing the cap hit, does not go to extremes.
Check out the full story.at Lightning Strikes for the details.
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Too expensive
I think the contract is too expensive. Sure, Lecavalier is a great player, but still – he’s never going to be any better than he is now. I would have invested into new recruits. Just my two cents – Francois Comeau-Lapointe
by François Comeau-Lapointe on Aug 11, 2010 11:46 PM EDT reply actions
It was the previous ownership that made that deal, and they overpaid a few then-Lightning players. So, really, it was par for the course. I don’t like the contract myself, but can’t do anything about that now – that’s just the way it is.
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 12, 2010 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Is the reason Vinny’s contract isn’t being looked at (like Luongo’s and Pronger’s) for salary cap avoidance perhaps that he’s already played under the terms of the extension? My understanding is that since he’s already played under the terms of the extension (like Hossa), the league can’t disapprove the contract retroactively.
It’s part of it, but is there anything in that contract that looks like there was a deliberate inent to get around the Salary cap while giving a deal length that will never be reached?
"Seen Cincuenta" -- 04.10.10 -- Raw Charge.
by John Fontana on Aug 12, 2010 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions
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