It probably won't happen, but if the #Flames buyout Jacob Markstrom after three seasons, the cap hit in the 2023-24 season will be NEGATIVE because of how buyout cap structure is regulated.
$15m salary remaining for 2023-26, 2/3s spread out over six seasons is $1.667m per season. The salary savings that season ($6.333m) exceeds the cap hit ($6m).
But that one year of cap magic is followed by two seasons at a prohibitive $4.167m cap hit. But it's a wonderful little quirk of both the CBA and the salary structure of the Markstrom deal.
FWIW, I got the same results running the buyout scenario through @PuckPedia and @CapFriendly's calculators.
You can follow @RyanNPike.
Tip: mention @twtextapp on a Twitter thread with the keyword “unroll” to get a link to it.

Latest Threads Unrolled:
There are a lot of misconceptions about the Turkish diaspora in Germany. Since i just finished writing an essay about this topic I thought it's time to give other people
Read more
Las mejores calculadoras online en 2020A thread http://totumat.com/2020/11/26/las-mejores-calculadoras-online-en-2020/ Cuando se estudian asignaturas que requieren de cálculos complicados, nada mejor que contar con una buena calculadora.
Read more
Mitigating #ClimateChange is as much about taking up new techs as about leaving others behindMost studies focus on #coal's global downfall but another #energy tech decline is loomingRead my new
Read more