He has NTC, not NMC, per CapFriendly.
There's nothing I can find saying Johnson agreed to waive. Best I could find from the Tampa POV was that he'd listen and talk to Tampa mgmt about the possibility.
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There's nothing I can find saying Johnson agreed to waive. Best I could find from the Tampa POV was that he'd listen and talk to Tampa mgmt about the possibility.
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The advantage was still there. Them being in a natural tank cycle is irrelevant.Yet they had the same tax advantages back when they tanking and drafting Stamkos and Hedman 1-2 and nobody complained about their massive "advantage" at the time... back then they were just some failing hockey market that needed to be relocated to Quebec City. Now that they hit on all their draft picks and built a great roster with players on good deals, it's all about this unfair "advantage" because of what local governments decide to do with their taxes.
Stamkos' playing time has dropped down to 12 minutes a game, he's a decent figurehead captain at this point in his career.
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He didn't waive technically, but he provided a list and was working closely with Brisebois.
...did Ron DeSantis hurt you as a child or something??...
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You have a point. Their tax situation is no doubt an advantage. But good players (and the right ones that are dedicated to winning) aren't going to want to sign there if it means they're going to miss the playoffs or go out in the first round. Winning is still the priority. So their tax advantage can only be taken advantage of if the team is good.Yet they had the same tax advantages back when they tanking and drafting Stamkos and Hedman 1-2 and nobody complained about their massive "advantage" at the time... back then they were just some failing hockey market that needed to be relocated to Quebec City. Now that they hit on all their draft picks and built a great roster with players on good deals, it's all about this unfair "advantage" because of what local governments decide to do with their taxes.
I have a suggestion to stop the Tampa Tax Loophole. Get rid of state taxes from the other states. FLORIDA is doing great without them.
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Who’s Ron Desantis? Did give Tampa an unfair advantage over all other teams in the league.
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...so every Pro League in North America just needs to give up and move every team to Florida...will that make you put the salt away for a while??...
...too f*ckin' hot & sticky for most of the year, imo...both my baby brother & cousin who is basically my other baby brother live in Venice, Florida...I visit in March and November (after Hurricane season)...the rest of the year is too damn hot for me...
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I don't think your $30mil over argument is working, why don't you push it to $40mil, might be more convincing.
Were they in trouble with the law since the day were born?
So a handful of teams who probably wouldn't want his anchor contract without a major overpayment considering no one touched him with a ten foot pole when he was waived?
Hardly a smoking gun here. It would have been pretty tough to find a team he'd waive to, find a team who'd want him and find a middle point on the compensation for taking him on. As in all three of those conditions.
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I’m not trying to convince anyone. Just stating facts, cause they are facts. People can think whatever they want, like Tampa fans who think the tax advantages and cap circumvention has zero effect on how their team got good.
Agreed but that additional $7million in LTIR isn’t irrelevant, it allowed Tampa to dump a little over 3 million more cap to re-sign their pending RFAs that are currently on roster, rather than having to make a tougher decision on one of them in a cap crunch.
So the full $18 million is technically the number.
It is terrible in FL don't move here and ruin it.
DownIsTheNewUp
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This.
Even though the actual team on the ice now isn't $18M over, the number still has relevancy because the number allowed Tampa to keep 2-3 of its better role players who ARE on the ice in this series.
