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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sschind" data-source="post: 1030219" data-attributes="member: 10247">From what I understand you can look at it as a salary cap exclusion for certain players.  Dillon checks all the boxes to qualify.  Essentially he is paid league minimum for his years of service plus 1.35 million (last season number its higher  this year) however, since he meets certain conditions only the league minimum part will count against the cap and not the extra amount.I remember when they instituted this it was meant to give teams a bit of a break in the salary cap to help them retain certain free agents, who had been with the team for a while, who might otherwise be cap casualties.Teams can use this type of contract on up to two players but the total amount they can "write off" stays at 1.35 million so they would have to split it between the two.</blockquote>

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