Compher is not a “high end 3C”. He is an average 3C at best and I would argue he is not even that. Being an Avs fan living in Michigan I saw most of the Red Wings games on TV last season and Compher went back and forth from being invisible to being flat out bad. The good news for you is Detroit would be ecstatic to move on from him and his grossly overpaid contract. The bad news for you is if Detroit wants to move on from him consider the source. Detroit has missed the playoffs the last 9 seasons. Compher can’t help a middling non playoff team, how in the world do you think he could help Colorado???

Just kidding, Jeremy. Bustin your chops! LOL!

Heaven forbid that he gets flagged for spam and is automatically removed from the discussions. Why doesn’t he stick to just one name? I’d suggest Sybil. Perhaps troubled in youth from some hockey event unknown to all.

If I understand correctly, you believe that by the end of the year, the team will have exceeded the salary cap once bonuses are accounted for? You think MacFarland’s plan is to carry over a significant overage into next season? Do you believe that would be effective management? For players over 35, it’s common to structure contracts with performance bonuses. Structuring a contract this way does allow for more flexibility. But if you recall during MacFarland’s press conference, he clearly stated that he wasn’t looking to use all the available cap space before the start of the season. That gives you a good idea of how MacFarland plans to manage the situation.

Ok there split…

Nobody is disputing that if he attains the bonuses it rolls into next year. They structured it that way for a reason. So that he only counts 1 million against the cap this year. Not sure who you think you’re arguing with?

I don’t care for LeftShotUnicorn’s tone, yet I have to admit he was right this time.

Currently, Burns appears to be the only player with performance bonuses. 7.5% of a $95 million salary cap amounts to roughly $7 million. Since the total potential bonuses on the team are below that threshold, they are not counted against the team’s salary cap at the start of the season. Instead, they may be carried over to the following season if they cause a salary cap overage.

For example, if Burns earns $3 million in bonuses and the team exceeds the cap by that amount, the team’s salary cap will be reduced by $3 million the next season.

This means that if the Avalanche signs a player worth $4 million using their remaining cap space, and Burns then earns $3 million in bonuses, the team will exceed the cap by $3 million and incur a $3 million penalty, reducing their cap limit the following year relative to the NHL’s official salary cap.

You are mistaken… PuckPedia :

https://puckpedia.com/salary-cap/performance-bonuses-and-carryovers

“While performance bonuses eventually count against the salary cap, they do not use up space during a season unless a team’s potential bonuses exceed 7.5% of the Salary Cap. Once the season is completed, bonuses earned are added to the final team cap hit. If the total exceeds the salary cap, the amount in excess of the cap is an overage cap charge the following season.

If a team exceeds the Salary Cap due to performance bonuses, then any amount over the Salary Cap is considered a Bonus Carryover, and counts against the cap in the next season. ”

If there is a salary cap overage due to bonuses, the overage will reduce the team’s salary cap for the following year.