19nazzy said:
Why should good teams with strong management and a dedication to winning be hindered because some owners are either inept or don't want to spend money to win?
first- Colorado, Detroit and Toronto (used these three teams because you used them later in the thread) do not really have strong management. Is it hard to sign their star/good players and then add players like Hasek or trade for a Rob Blake.
anyone can do that
lets take the Penguins and pretend they had Detroit money
so the Pens would have starting in 97 and later
Francis, Lemeiux, Jagr, Kovy, Straka, Lang, Boughner, Kasper, Glen Murray, Patrick Lalime,
now lets imagine the Pens had the money to add to that line-up
lets say Rob Blake or Schneider or Cujo or hasek....or any other FA or player traded
see, what you don't understand is because money played such a huge role in the operations of 15-20 teams, only 5-8 teams were competing for all star UFA's and those players your team aquired in trades
also teams like the Oilers, Penguins and Flames get less value for their star players
look at the Jagr deal, Kovy went for way less than he is worth..Lang walked because the second round pick was better than anything anyone offered up because theyt knew the Pens could not afford to keep them....so why pay the high price
the league is slanted towards those teams you mentioned...your blind to it because your a fan of the team