TSN: Salary Cap at $81.5 Million

[BrockLobster]

Lol bush league that it took so long.

NHL is so far away from being considered on the same level as the other big 3 NA sports leagues.

5 billion in revenue....bush league

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Lol bush league that it took so long.

NHL is so far away from being considered on the same level as the other big 3 NA sports leagues.

Last year, the NBA cap number for the 2018-19 season wasn't made "official" until June 30th.

Days after the draft, 1 day before the "negotiating window" and a week before free agency began.

 

[A1LeafNation]

Last year, the NBA cap number for the 2018-19 season wasn't made "official" until June 30th.

Days after the draft, 1 day before the "negotiating window" and a week before free agency began.

And they got shit on for it.

 

[Langdon Alger]

5 billion in revenue....bush league

You’re missing the point.

 

[Shad]

What a complete and utter joke the nhl is becoming. A whooping 2 million dollar cap increase .

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That's above inflation, what more can you ask?

 

[Seanaconda]

Or Edmonton perhaps Nashville, Pittsburgh probably; even with Marleau off the books the Leafs have work to do.

Edmonton doesn't really have any rfas or anything to sign , backup goalie khaira and pool party who wants a trade?

So no real problems other than if they trade for some scoring help

But they will do that knowing what the cap is if they do.

 

[Beerz]

Last year, the NBA cap number for the 2018-19 season wasn't made "official" until June 30th.

Days after the draft, 1 day before the "negotiating window" and a week before free agency began.

NBA doesn't have a hard cap do they?

 

[Leaf Fans]

Edmonton doesn't really have any rfas or anything to sign , backup goalie? So no real problems other than if they trade for some scoring help

But they will do that knowing what the cap is if they do.

Yes

 

[Jozay]

5 billion in revenue....bush league

Yeah, maybe they should have their shit together like a 5 billion in revenue league should

 

[IWantSakicAsMyGM]

There ought to be a deadline in place that the salary cap must be set one week prior to the NHL draft.

The deadline, according to the CBA, is June 30.

 

[IWantSakicAsMyGM]

And they got **** on for it.

And here's what the league was doing after all the complaining...

 

[A1LeafNation]

And here's what the league was doing after all the complaining...

And this is where NHL playoff revenue went this year

https://www.theloop.ca/watch/entert...ere/6047871519001/6047084493001/your-morning/

 

[Juicy Pop]

To me what's bush league is teams not thinking long term and EXPECTING a particular cap increase when they KNOW it can vary or be less than expected. It's not like the cap dropped, it just went up less, by like $1M. I agree it should have been announced before the draft, but people act like this was done deliberately to hurt certain teams

You are now a GM who is attempting to sign your RFAs who are arbitration eligible. You set a value for their contract that by all metrics is reasonable and will allow for long term cap fluidity. They say, “I won’t accept that; I’ll go to arbitration, take the deal and walk as a UFA.” What do you do as the GM when your position depends upon results? You concede because it’s the only practical option. You’ve now contributed to the league’s cap problems by pursuing the only course in front of you.

 

[BrockLobster]

You’re missing the point.

No i got it....

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

Still a pretty good league for a mostly Canadian made product with virtually no grassroots in the USA.

Curling league?

 

[IWantSakicAsMyGM]

And this is where NHL playoff revenue went this year

https://www.theloop.ca/watch/entert...ere/6047871519001/6047084493001/your-morning/

I'm pretty sure the areas were still packed, and the owners of the teams still playing were happy. And I'm really happy the younger Canadians finally got a chance to see one of their teams win. It's been too long.

 

[Habsrule]

Now I do not know the ins and outs of the CBA but I can guess at two reasons for the smaller increase that usual.

-this past year the Canadian dollar has been 3-4% weaker than what it was last year. Less profits made from the seven Canadian teams when money is converted into USD

-the Bruins were the only big market team to go far in the playoffs. Big market teams generate more income which translates to bigger increases in the cap

 

[qwerty]

Curling league?

Last time I checked, curling wasn’t a multi billion dollar league. NHL will naturally always be behind the big 3. The barriers to entry are way too difficult to overcome. No shame in being 4th, still better than the majority of other pro sport leagues.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

NBA doesn't have a hard cap do they?

No, but the soft cap is still pretty important.

 

[Captain Mountain]

Now I do not know the ins and outs of the CBA but I can guess at two reasons for the smaller increase that usual.

-this past year the Canadian dollar has been 3-4% weaker than what it was last year. Less profits made from the seven Canadian teams when money is converted into USD

-the Bruins were the only big market team to go far in the playoffs. Big market teams generate more income which translates to bigger increases in the cap

Biggest think is that the NHLPA has (rightly IMO) decided to stop using the full cap escalator because the escrow payments were getting ridiculous.

 

[StreetHawk]

Now I do not know the ins and outs of the CBA but I can guess at two reasons for the smaller increase that usual.

-this past year the Canadian dollar has been 3-4% weaker than what it was last year. Less profits made from the seven Canadian teams when money is converted into USD

-the Bruins were the only big market team to go far in the playoffs. Big market teams generate more income which translates to bigger increases in the cap

In the last 6 nhl seasons the cap has gone up twice by over $4 mill. 14-15 and 18-19. Jump fro 64.3 to $69 and from $74 to $79.5. Reasons were the recovery from the lockout and Las Vegas new revenue.

But the other years after the recovery from the lockout were from $69 to $71.4, $73, $75. And now $79.5 to $81.5.

$1.6 to $2.4 million. As a percentage of the prior year cap around 2.5%. These are the changes when there isn’t something drastic occurring. Anything new this past season for revenues? No. Not sure why they projected a $3.5 mill jump which would have been a 4.5% increase.

Exchange rate has been pretty stable for a while now.

 

[RadekBong]

You might be right, but definitely not nonsense. We would see McDavid level talents getting 20+ mil a year if the league and teams in average would make more profits.

Thanks captain obvious.

 

[Iggys Dome]

I personally think the hard cap is the best thing to happen to this league and is the only reason it’s doing well enough for it to expand to 32 teams.

 

[Holymakinaw]

Leafs fans finding out the upper limit is set to $81.5M...

LOL. Why would we care? The Leafs have lots of cap room.

 

[The Kingslayer]

Someone gonna get a hurt real baaad