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--"This "brains over bucks" thing is a red herring, though, since the cap will limit per-team talent"--PepNCheese said:Thanks for the response. I hadn't read your full opinion on this before.
This "brains over bucks" thing is a red herring, though, since the cap will limit per-team talent. You will be losing MORE talent under this system than, for example, the fake $50 million hard cap rumour, where you'd have a shot at keeping a lot more of it. This is of particular note for a team with a lot of talent near RFA age who is at or above the cap already, like yours.
But as long as you support the cap knowing this, as you seem to be doing, then fine.
No, the cap limits the amount of money you can spend on the talent on your roster and this is a crucial distinction. If a team consisitently drafts and develops more talent than other teams, they will retain a talent edge, since young talent it cheap talent.
Sure the Sens would lose more talent than most, but if they can continue to develop replacement parts, then they will be fine. In addition, the talent the Sens lose will be spread across the league instead of concentrating in a select few markets.
SSF,
As you have clearly demonstrated a complete lack of understanding of the limits of the Ottawa market, on occassions too numerous to mention, I will save us both the keystrokes and let you cling to your belief that the Sens will somehow magically morph into a "big market" capable of sustaining the current roster. Short of a return to the days of the "silicon valley north" tech boom and a removal of the prohibition on Federal Gov't employees from accepting tickets from suppliers there is simply no way that Ottawa can support the salary levels you envision. If you are counting on Melnyk wasting his money on the Sens so that you can live your dream of a dynasty, then you are in for a rude awakening.
Ottawa is and will remain a small to mid size market. For the long term success of the franchise, I'd prefer to see the effect of market disparity minimized as much as possible and allow the Sens to compete using skills they have already mastered.