Puckhead
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hockeytown9321 said:And when my team sucked in the 70's and 80's I didn't blame Montreal or the Islanders or Edmonton. We had crap ownership, and crap players that we drafted or acquired. It took 14 years for Ilitch and Devellano to build them into a champion.
Now onto my selfishness vs. my enjoyment of the game. Why does anybody here watch hockey? Is it for enjoyment? Do you not have more enjoyment if the team you like wins? Isn't the main reason people want a cap-because thats the only way they think their teams can win? Isn't that selfish? I want my team to be able to continue to build throught he draft and contend for Cups. I don't theink they, or anybody else, can do that under a cap. If someone could show me realistic examples of how they could, I'd be happy to listen.
Isn't it selfish to endorse a lockout, when that same lockout will do more harm to the game than Detroit or the Rangers ever could? Why is this point so hard to understand? Maybe people in Canada don't realize the lack of interest in hockey in the US. The World Cup drew a .4 rating on ESPN. Thats about 600,000 people. How can the game survive canceling a season?
Here's one of my proposals. Tell me how unfair it is, or how selfish I'm being. The league made $2.1 billion last year. Pool all of it, and divide it 30 ways. $70 million per team. No cap, no excuses. You spend more than $70 million, you lose money. Too bad.
That is the most beautiful part of the salary cap! Every team that hopes to win, MUST draft well and build from within. As it stands now, you have teams like NYR, and TML who are horrible for the most part at drafting, but it doesn't matter because they can go out and pick up free agents and address their needs that way. With a cap, you can't go out and buy players, because you only have so much money to spend. If you have a great minor league system, you can fill holes in your roster with the young guys from the farm. I think it is an absolute no brainer for the league.
Personally, I am all for folding atleast 4-5 teams, but with a cap those teams actually have a chance at being viable.