Yes, in addition to all the other ways we've had to create a hard-cap at Apron 1, using trade matching above 110% (or 100% after this coming season) will make you hard-capped at Apron 1.
1 yes -- as long as you stay under Apron 1, lots of flexibility
2 no -- that rule starts July 2024 and is allowed on all the annual exceptions except TxMLE
3 14 is the general roster minimum through the season (and you count all salaries of whatever number you have)
Irrelevant to any of the above, I ran into another little goodie being added that you might like -- once we get to the end of the 2023-24 regular season, all TPE's will expire and will not carry over for use in the post-season or free agency. Each year, the end of the regular season will become the expiration date for all of them.
1 yes -- as long as you stay under Apron 1, lots of flexibility
2 no -- that rule starts July 2024 and is allowed on all the annual exceptions except TxMLE
3 14 is the general roster minimum through the season (and you count all salaries of whatever number you have)
Irrelevant to any of the above, I ran into another little goodie being added that you might like -- once we get to the end of the 2023-24 regular season, all TPE's will expire and will not carry over for use in the post-season or free agency. Each year, the end of the regular season will become the expiration date for all of them.