Confirmed Signing with Link: [TBL] Victor Hedman re-signs with Lightning (8 years, $7.875M AAV)

[meenamjah]

Just like Stamkos, Hedman could have gotten 10 Mil at minimum in free agency. Yzerman is working some serious magic by being so damn stubborn this year.

well, taxes. they didn't leave THAT much money on the table, if any. wouldn't have mattered, if tampa sucked. but these players REALLY want to win. good on them.

 

[meenamjah]

Honestly, this is great for low tax market but it does create an imbalance between teams, especially in a cap world.

IMO, all players should be required to have the same tax location so everything is equal but I don't think it's possible from a legal perspective.

you know, this is a rather big problem. while there is already a severe imbalance due to country, market size, media presence etc, this one basically distorts the practical cap value. but yeah, not sure what they can do about it.

 

[boredmale]

you know, this is a rather big problem. while there is already a severe imbalance due to country, market size, media presence etc, this one basically distorts the practical cap value. but yeah, not sure what they can do about it.

It's actually not that hard, the league basically could take the worst tax market and make sure every player gets taxed that one way or another. All the extra cash they earn could be given to the NHLPA for retirement funds or something like that

So basically

We have 3 players all getting 1M

Player A lives in the worst tax market and gets taxed 500k
Player B lives in a market that he gets taxed 400k
And Player C lives in a Market that gets taxed 350k

Player A owes nothing to the NHLPA retirement fund, Player B owes 100k and Player C owes 150k