Roomba With a Bauer
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- Sep 11, 2007
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Here are some issues I see:
1. Guaranteed contracts with a hard cap.
Problem: GMs are stifled by guaranteed contracts and players do not often play up to the contract. It can ruin a team for seven or eight years and it stagnates the league. It also limits player movement.
Solution 1: Modify the buyout structure. Give the teams the option of surrendering draft picks in exchange for reducing cap hits from buyouts. Teams are not allowed to resign bought out players for 5 years. This cuts out the middle man in the current "trade cap dumps with a pick" arrangement that the league is using. Any bought out contract worth more than 10% of the cap is an automatic loss of a first round pick within three seasons. Simultaneously ban trades for the purpose of dumping cap.
Solution 2: Soft cap with a luxury tax. This gives teams wiggle room to adjust for bad contracts while still punishing them. Luxury tax revenues are added to revenue sharing for other teams.
2. Tax Differences.
Problem: Teams in states with no or low taxes have an inherent advantage that cannot be mitigated by other teams.
Solution: Change the salary calculations to use post-tax instead of pre-tax numbers to somewhat equalize the cap across all teams.
3. LTIR Manipulation:
Problem: Teams are blatantly putting players on LTIR who could be playing, or using injured players as an excuse to acquire extra salary for a playoff run.
Solution: During the playoffs, teams will calculate a daily salary for each player based on their regular season contract and submit a sum total to the NHL. Teams rosters during the playoffs must be compliant with the calculated daily cap from the regular season. If a player is acquired to replace an injured player, and the injured player is deemed ready to return during the playoffs, the team must still submit a daily roster using the players available to them that equals or is under the calculated daily average cap. Extra "salary" can be held in reserve in case of injury.
1. Guaranteed contracts with a hard cap.
Problem: GMs are stifled by guaranteed contracts and players do not often play up to the contract. It can ruin a team for seven or eight years and it stagnates the league. It also limits player movement.
Solution 1: Modify the buyout structure. Give the teams the option of surrendering draft picks in exchange for reducing cap hits from buyouts. Teams are not allowed to resign bought out players for 5 years. This cuts out the middle man in the current "trade cap dumps with a pick" arrangement that the league is using. Any bought out contract worth more than 10% of the cap is an automatic loss of a first round pick within three seasons. Simultaneously ban trades for the purpose of dumping cap.
Solution 2: Soft cap with a luxury tax. This gives teams wiggle room to adjust for bad contracts while still punishing them. Luxury tax revenues are added to revenue sharing for other teams.
2. Tax Differences.
Problem: Teams in states with no or low taxes have an inherent advantage that cannot be mitigated by other teams.
Solution: Change the salary calculations to use post-tax instead of pre-tax numbers to somewhat equalize the cap across all teams.
3. LTIR Manipulation:
Problem: Teams are blatantly putting players on LTIR who could be playing, or using injured players as an excuse to acquire extra salary for a playoff run.
Solution: During the playoffs, teams will calculate a daily salary for each player based on their regular season contract and submit a sum total to the NHL. Teams rosters during the playoffs must be compliant with the calculated daily cap from the regular season. If a player is acquired to replace an injured player, and the injured player is deemed ready to return during the playoffs, the team must still submit a daily roster using the players available to them that equals or is under the calculated daily average cap. Extra "salary" can be held in reserve in case of injury.