Player option:
Player has the option to extend the contract to already dictated terms.
Team option:
Team has the option to extend the contract to already dictated terms.
Early termination
option: Same principle as player option, but with some subtle differences
that aren't particularly important, and definitely aren't interesting.
Qualifying
offer: The amount of money the team has to extend as a contract offer
to a player to make them a restricted free agent. Player can choose to accept
the offer, or do all manner of other things. All players with three years
or less experience that are becoming free agents are eligible, with the
exception of players who were on a rookie scale contract who didn't make
it the full four years due to having one or both of their team option years
declined.
Unguaranteed:
Contracts that aren't fully guaranteed. Obviously. Details of how much or
how little is guaranteed is usually to be found on the 'Additional Info'
pop-ups. If they're not, that's because I don't know them.
Not on roster:
Player is still on the team's salary figure, but not on the roster. For
example, people who were on the roster but who were cut for being crap,
or players who took buyouts. Note: this is only for salaries which the team
has on it's salary figure - that is, players who retired due to injury and
whom had their salaries removed from the team salary figure are NOT listed.
If that makes no sense, then just ignore it, because it's dull anyway.
Mauve:
A sort of purple colour.
Qualifying offers NOT included in team salary totals at any point.
2009/10 max salary cap figure: $57,700,000 2009/10
min salary cap figure: $43,275,000 2009/10
luxury tax threshold: $69,920,000
2009/10
maximum player salary, 0-6 years service: $13,520,500 2009/10
maximum player salary, 7-9 years service: $16,224,600 2009/10
maximum player salary, 10+ years service: $18,928,700
Note: we cannot verify 100% accuracy, because salary
information is not made public. But, through hours of research and stuff,
we know we're pretty close. More importantly, we're more accurate than everyone
else. And that's what counts.
I have no idea why I keep typing "we", for this is a one man project.
Oh well.
Also, please please please note that calculating a teams cap space is not
as simple as just looking at a team's committed salary figure and taking
that number away from the cap figure, the same as it isn't for determining
who pays tax and who doesn't. There's way more tedious bits that go into
it than that. But if you think I'm calculating it down to the penny for
all 30 teams, you are very much mistaken. Just ask someone knowledgable.
2008/09 salaries can be found by sneakily adding "/2009" to the
URL. Figure out where exactly for yourselves.
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