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# Garret Sparks signs a new one-year deal with the Leafs
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/garret-sparks-signs-a-new-one-year-deal-with-the-leafs/
- Published: 2016-07-15T16:54:47.000Z
- Updated: 2016-07-15T16:54:47.000Z
- Description: On the day that qualifying offers expire and many teams and players are prodded into action, the first Leafs RFA of the off season has been signed.
- Author: Cathy Squires
- Tags: Toronto Marlies, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 10:50

> The [Maple Leafs](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/teams/toronto-maple-leafs?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) have signed [Garret Sparks](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/132408/garret-sparks?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) to a one-year, two-way deal. [#TMLtalk](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TMLtalk?src=hash&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
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> MORE: [https://t.co/r7Dtcjny5R](https://t.co/r7Dtcjny5R?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [pic.twitter.com/j0kFcm5APo](https://t.co/j0kFcm5APo?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
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> — Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) [15 July 2016](https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/753994782947446785?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) 

The Leafs don't release salary information, but CapFriendly has details.

> [#CapFriendly](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CapFriendly?src=hash&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) CONFIRMED:  
> Garret Sparks [#Leafs](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Leafs?src=hash&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
> 1 year / 2 way deal  
> NHL: $575,000  
> Minor: $100,000  
> ($150,000 Guaranteed)[https://t.co/G2o6vRkQmB](https://t.co/G2o6vRkQmB?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
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> — CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) [15 July 2016](https://twitter.com/CapFriendly/status/754002235630161920?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) 

The structure of this deal is completely different from Sparks' ELC. He was earning $600,000 in the NHL, $70,000 in the AHL (the maximum allowed on an ELC), and a signing bonus of $70,000\. That adds up to $140,000 in AHL salary. But he also had a performance bonus of $100,000 in the old deal, so depending on the conditions on that bonus, he new guaranteed $150,000 may or may not be a raise. It seems likely it is a raise, albeit a small one.

The new NHL salary makes Sparks a friendly callup for a cap ceiling team, with a league minimum effect on the total cap hit. This is part of trend in contracts for borderline or AHL-only players that limits the cap hit and puts all the spending in the AHL side where it only effects the bank balance.

> with Sparks signed...[#Leafs](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Leafs?src=hash&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) tentative breakdown:  
> Proj. Cap: $68.2M  
> Proj. Space: $4.7M  
> Roster: 20 (12/6/2)  
> \* 3 Arb cases pending  
> \*\* 5 RFA's
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> — CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) [15 July 2016](https://twitter.com/CapFriendly/status/754006588164300804?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)