NHL could be forced to give Columbus Blue Jackets major exemption after Johnny Gaudreau's death
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In the wake of Columbus Blue Jackets Johnny Gaudreau's passing the NHL should offer the team a salary cap exception.
With the unfortunate paassing of Johnny Gaudreau, the Columbus Blue Jackets now find themselves to be under the cap floor of $65 million by just under $2.7 million. While all NHL team needs to be at least to the floor to be cap compliant, there could be a basis for them to ask for an exemption given the gravitas of the situation and the small percentage in which they are missing the bottom-level limit.
The question that someone should be asking the National Hockey League is why the Columbus Blue Jackets should be punished for a situation that not only is out of their control but was unimaginable.
According to Karine Hains of The Hockey News:
The salary cap floor in the league this season stands at $65 M and with Gaudreau's salary coming off the books, the Ohio outfit finds itself at $62,301,666 M which is to say $2,698,334 M away from being cap compliant.
The NBA has had a history of making exceptions to their salary cap by teams. Specifically, they have one exception called the Disabled Player Exception. It allows a team that is over the cap to acquire a replacement for a disabled player who will be out for the remainder of the season or the next. The exception includes injuries or deaths.
While this is a difficult scenario for anyone to process, it should be something the National Hockey League considers under compassionate grounds, at least for the 2024-2025 season.
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| POLL | ||
1 SEPTEMBRE | 612 ANSWERS NHL could be forced to give Columbus Blue Jackets major exemption after Johnny Gaudreau's death Should the NHL grant the Columbus Blue Jackets a salary cap exception? | ||
| Yes. Under compassionate grounds | 532 | 86.9 % |
| No. Everyone needs to play by the rules | 80 | 13.1 % |
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