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Five teams — including the Thrashers — went over the NHL's inaugural salary cap limit of $39 million in 2005-06.
NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly did not identified the teams during a briefing last Saturday at the NHL draft but the Thrashers were one of two teams to spend over the limit.
In their case, it was because of the $1.75 million performance bonus paid to winger Peter Bondra at season's end that will count against the Thrashers' cap in the neighborhood of about $1 million towards next season's limit, which was formally announced on Tuesday as being $44 million with a $28-million bottom limit.
