Brent Burns Beard
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- Feb 27, 2002
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Simple
We no longer have NYR/Det having a payroll 4 times the size of small market teams who they used as basically minor league restock stealing all there up and coming young talent they couldn't afford
Also the league is much stronger financially and competitively
The league has cost certainty
id be interested in even one single example where NYR or DET stole a young and upcoming talent?
shouldnt it be of epidemic proporations for it to be worth shutting the whole thing down? yet, you wont find one example.
the biggest spenders were NYR, PHI and TOR and with 1 cup in 30 years between them, I am not going out on a limb by saying that spending on UFA did not equal winning the cup. DET had a big payroll because GASP, they drafted and developed world class players. who knew that good players would cost alot?
the owners lockout was because teams like NYR, TOR and PHI could make MORE money and finally be able to compete with teams like ANA, TBY, CRL, COL and NJD. All with more cup appearances individually then the big spenders in PHI, TOR and NYR could manage collectivly.
Yup, damn those big markets and their buying cups! worked pretty much never!