The End of the New NHL?

[GSC2k2*]

tampa shot themselves in the foot by signing brad richards to such a large contract.

I wouldn't have signed him for that much.

Who says you could have signed for less?

 

[HughJass*]

Why blame Jay Feaster when this is Doug McLean's fault when he re-signed Nash?

New NHL is already broken.

 

[GSC2k2*]

Why blame Jay Feaster when this is Doug McLean's fault when he re-signed Nash?

New NHL is already broken.

Don't be so friggin' daft.

 

[discostu]

You make it sound like a dynamic cap is the same thing as a static cap. Use Calgary and Toronto as your examples. Then explain how a hard cap at $31 million, $39 million and $46 million affects each team under those three scenarios.

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make. Are you saying that Toronto or Calgary would be hurt if the cap went down to $31 M? That's nothing new, but, all the GMs in the league know what the cap amount is for the coming year, and are basing their payrolls on that.

No matter how much a GM starts paying players, it cannot raise the cap. The cap is strictly determined by increases in revenue. If the market goes out of whack, wiht some players becoming overpaid, it just means that somewhere else, someone else will need to be underpaid to squeeze in under the cap. A good GM will find those bargains.