Three expiring contracts, one protected pick, and a deadline that arrives before the roster is settled. Summit’s front office has six weeks and one decision.
The contracts
Two starters and a backup centre come off the books in the summer. Extend all three and the wage bill breaks the cap; extend none and the team that finished fourth loses its spine for nothing.
// The cap sheet
3
Expiring deals
£4.1m
Room under the cap
1
Protected pick
The market
Two clubs have called about the centre. One of them is Valley, who would be trading with a direct rival, which is either a reason not to or the whole point.
