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Licentia said:Calgary and Edmonton still can't compete under that cap. Some teams could reach the max, other teams couldn't. Same old same old.
I'm trying to keep this in context.
Where we've been. WHere we are. Where we are going.
So Detroit has an extra six million to play with a 49M cap. So now they can spend $19M more than Edmonton instead of $13M more than Edmonton.
Last year, they spent $49 Million more than edmonton.
I'd say that either option 1 or 2 is a helluvalot better than what we've just seen.
It's not even close.
So we're making progress, right? The PA's proposal cuts Detroit's advantage by $30 Million. The players cuts it by $36 Million.
I don't see how anyone could argue that even the difference between the PA and NHL prosal is very significant, given where we are coming from.
(I am not suggesting that the PA's offer is ideal, I am saying that the PA and NHL are closer to a deal than most people seem to suggest and that the NHL has made great gains so far)
Now lets talk about the future. What happens to league if there is no season? WHat happens to HNIC? What happens to attendance? What happens to ESPN ratings? Does American network television just tell the NHL to get lost, once and for all?
Is it really worth it? COnsidering where we're coming from and the gains that have already been made?
I just don't understand the vitriol between pro-player-pro-owner people, considering how little the difference actually is now.