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Originally Posted by Pyser
In this case, it has to do with "tagging" expiring contracts and contracts that are moved (like Bryzgalov's). It's far too complicated to explain here, but the Ducks, who have a full-time "capologist" in Dave McNab (who also happens to be an outstanding hockey man), apparently have done the math and the tagging and need only to eliminate some $880,000 from this year's budget to get Niedermayer on the ice.
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There really isn't anything tricky or tough to understand about this.
You have 'x' number of players on your 23 man roster. They count towards your cap. If you move out of them, his remaining salary is removed from the cap.
The more tricky part is playing with future seasons - the Ducks can't have more salary signed than what the cap is for next season (i.e. if the cap is $50 million, they can't have $55 million of salary on the books for next season right now).
That's why the Ducks moved MacDonald. He's signed for next season, while Doug Weight isn't. Since Niedermayer is still under contract for next season, adding his salary would have put the Ducks over the cap for next season, so they had to remove him.
This could make the Duck's off season even more tricky - Niedermayer will have to retire (assuming he does) just about as soon as the season is over, otherwise the Ducks risk losing Perry to free agency.