If Green is traded and Shields, Weigman, and Holmes retire, how much cap space.......

[Kylo Ren]

Originally Posted by Laz

depends on so many things that we don't know yet.

whenever a player retires the team has the option of withholding the retirement papers ..... deflecting the cap charge for quite awhile.


same with a traded player ....... under the new CBA the team has the option of treating the trade as a post june 1st release ... which splits the cap hit up in various ways.

40% this year, 60% next year
50/50
60/40


it's really hard to judge until we know what choices the team makes.

Right. I see what you are saying. But, in any case, we should have considerable cap space to work with. I hope that is the case. I don't want to lose Sheilds, Weigman or Holmes. But, everyone's career has to come to an end sooner or later. I love Trent Green, but I think it's time to trade him.