Tom_Benjamin said:
Do you have any evidence the arbitration system tilts heavily towards the players? It would be very easy to prove it if this was the case. Why doesn't the NHL name names and demonstrate that this is so?
You've had some decent points at times, but now you're clearly just being argumentative, if not a complete NHLPA shill.
Arbitration is so totally one sided that *anyone* can see it. Only players can file for arbitration. They can choose the most advantageous time when to do so. Bad year= don't file, great year= file. They can file year after year until they get the big score they're looking for. When they do file, they get massive increases, well beyond what could be considered reasonable, all because of the "comparable" system which artificially raises everyone together - "Every ship floats with the tide". Not to mention all the folks who "settled" for huge raises before their arbitration date.
The recent list. Note the
huge increases
every single time. 50%. 80%. 100% 200%. 300% raises.
D Ruslan Salei
# Awarded $2.4 million ($1.75 million)
D Sergei Gonchar
# Awarded $5.5 million ($3.65 million)
C Joe Thornton
# Awarded $6.75 million ($5.5 million)
G Martin Biron
# Awarded $2.8 million ($2.2 million)
C Daniel Briere
# Awarded $2.55 million ($1.6 million)
G Miikka Kiprusoff
# Awarded $2.95 million ($800,000)
RW Milan Hejduk
# Awarded $5.7 million ($3.2 million)
C Eric Belanger
# Awarded $950,000 ($743,800)
RW Vladimir Orszagh
# Awarded $1 million ($700,000)
C Scott Gomez
# Awarded $2.9 million ($1 million)
D Scott Niedermayer
# Awarded $7 million ($4 million)
C Oleg Kvasha
# Awarded $1.55 million ($800,000)
D Adrian Aucoin
# Awarded $4.25 million ($3.25 million)
D Kim Johnsson
# Awarded $2.8 million ($1.25 million)
LW Nils Ekman
# Awarded $1.2 million ($575,000)
D Pavel Kubina
# Awarded two years at $3.1 million and $3.4 million ($2.5 million)
LW Ruslan Fedotenko
# Awarded $1.5 million ($950,000)
C Cory Stillman
# Awarded $3.9 million ($2.75 million). Lightning decline the contract, making Stillman an unrestricted free agent.
D Brendan Witt
# Awarded $2.2 million ($1.75 million)
If Pronger is the benchmark why isn't Jovanovski making $9 million?
Because he's half the player Pronger is? Which of course is why Jovo is massively overpaid at half his contract.