Boltsfan2029 said:
So you two are saying that Team A can spend a max of $38M and Team B can only spend $36M. Then we're not saying the same thing. I'm going to hold out hope that the "cap" is the same for all teams. The "lower level" teams probably won't spend to the cap amount, anyway, of course, but they should be allowed to do so if they are willing and capable.
True it's only a $2M difference, I see a situation like the Lightning, which really needed that one missing element to get over the hump -- a top defenseman. We got him, our play improved from there & we won the Cup. To be told we couldn't get that final piece of the puzzle because we fall in a lower cap bracket would be pretty discouraging and could cost a legitimate contender a shot at the Cup.
That would be pretty sad.
1. If team B has only 54% of its revenue work out to something below $38 million, they shouldn't be spending more than that. That is what all this has been about. You used the word "capable". In the new environment, that term now has a defined meaning: 54% of revenues.
2. THe extra piece of the puzzle doesn't always have to be an expensive one.
3. Even if the extra piece is an expensive one, that is not the point. Teams should not be buying themselves a better chance. THat is the old paradigm. I can see from this board that people constantly are thinking in the old system about "oh, woe, how can we afford our players, blah blah". It is going to take a long time for fans to get their heads around this.
4. If the team's fans want to have their team have a higher cap, THEY need to give the team more money.
5. It is rarely if ever as simple as "one final piece of the puzzle". Team sports is simply too dynamic an environment. Everything affects everything else. As for th eone-time lightning in a bottle (no pun intended) situation where a team could get a push with one guy, that is the price to pay for a better more fiscally prudent system. If you ask me, it is a miniscule price and far from "pretty sad". Build your team better from the beginning.