true true
and if they lowered it to 4million, the contracts would be much less as well..
whats your point? the owners nuked the league to have this system. boo hoo that some guys are getting good contracts, not a single player is overpaid. in fact, many are underpaid now. Mike Peca would have gotten a contract for close to 25million under the old CBA, but instead is working for dimes on the dollar. Anson Carter would have gotten his 3million dollar contract, but now will play for probably 2m or less. I cant think of one guy who is getting more than he should, the owners have the option of finding a cheaper player, but hte player doesnt have the option of finding another league (if he wants to play in the NHL, he plays for not a penny more than an owner is willing to pay him, whereas the owner certainly has many players playing for many pennies less then the player would like).
hey, the cap is here, you got what you wished for. i am sure you would have liked to the players to give up UFA until they hit 55 years old and played for a max contract of $45,000, but somehow the owners i guess admited that some of us actually pay good money to see the players and they actually have some leverage and rights.