vanarchy
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- May 3, 2013
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No. The salary cap exists for a reason.
And I say this as a fan of a team that would need these yearly because of our GM.
And I say this as a fan of a team that would need these yearly because of our GM.
No, not simple. The cap is in place for the good of the league. Keep it there.
The salary cap hasn't helped any small market teams.
Agreed, the salary cap did not help teams like the Predators who were absolute NHL juggernauts prior to the lockout. Right?
I had to stop reading the responses. I get fans of teams like the Leafs, the Wings, and Rangers want to be able to just outspend others to victory, but the league has been far better in the cap era than ever before. There is so much parity and so much skill.
This idea is terrible in any version.
You do realize that shortening cap lengths drives up the cap hit on newer contracts, putting more dollars in the hands of fewer players [the high-end ones] and fewer dollars in the hands of the rank-and-file ...... right?
But you (and a few others) still want that to happen, because ........ ? Every time I see some kind of idea like this come out, it basically comes down to some combination of "keep GMs from making mistakes" and "help make mistakes made go away faster and with less consequences."Yes.
lol, it's because of the salary cap the Predators couldn't retain Ryan Suter. The Predators ownership group is worth billions. They'd be fine in a non-cap world, as would every other billionaire owner.
Wow that's unreal you think it's a good idea to take fellow brothers pay away. Thank God you're not in my union.Proud union member for 10 years, we don't have 10x pay differences though.
Wow that's unreal you think it's a good idea to take fellow brothers pay away. Thank God you're not in my union.
Wow lol. UnrealSame amount of money being spread around, more equality under my plan.
They were terrible pre cap. Only certain teams with money signed free agents back in the day.
Wow that's unreal you think it's a good idea to take fellow brothers pay away. Thank God you're not in my union.
They were an expansion team under old expansion rules. Of course they were terrible.
And only certain teams with money sign free agents today.
1. John Tavares - Leafs
2. James van Riemsdyk - Flyers
3. Ilya Kovalchuk - Kings
4. Paul Stastny - Golden Knights
5. Mike Green - Red Wings
Sure looks like 2003 to me.