alfredoh2009 Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 3 hours ago, dlbalr said: That's not how those work. The cap hit equals the Average Annual Value (AAV) of the contract. That is the same for the entire term of the deal, regardless of how it's structured - front-loaded, back-loaded, evenly distributed, with or without signing bonuses. Price's deal is front-loaded. As GHT120 pointed out above with the screenshot, $52.75M of the $84M in the contract is paid out in the first half of the year. That's literally the definition of front-loading a deal, paying more money in the first half than the second half. It's not quite to the extent that Toronto has done theirs (I'm guessing that's what you were getting at with your original post?) but they pay out more money up front than quite a few teams. And even the Maple Leafs will have full cap hits for Matthews/Marner/Tavares when they're paying them the league minimum salary at the end of it. thank you dlbalr . That helps when comparing cap hits of different players I guess that how the contract splits signing and performance bonuses has tax benefits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Taxes, escrow -- and cash flow (the player gets the money earlier and can spend or invest it sooner). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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