Comments on: The NHL Money Problem

By: YingYan

YingYan — Wed, 31 Jul 2002 04:02:20 +0000

http://letsgopens.com/karsh_column.php?id=51

By: YingYan

YingYan — Wed, 31 Jul 2002 04:00:34 +0000

40-45 millions team salary cap + revenue sharing = small & medium market will survive through 2004.

By: MantaRay

MantaRay — Mon, 08 Jul 2002 15:25:27 +0000

On the contrary, I believe we have agreed on many things.

I too agree that a salary cap is needed as at least two GM's tend to give away the candy store to lure people over.

By: aaron

aaron — Mon, 08 Jul 2002 14:34:20 +0000

The only cap that would help Vancouver would be a 35 million cap, which has been shot down repeatedly in this thread. I agree completely. Its not our fault Canadian teams can’t compete; stop bitching to us and open your wallets or do w/o. Maybe Vancouver should give Naslund back to the Penguins b/c the trade was unfair. When they do that, we’ll put Hull and Robitaille back on the open market (if anyone else’ll sign ‘em, no one seemed the least bit interested in them until the Wings “bought” them and “stole” them away from all the “small market teams” w/ their “stupidly large” 4 million dollar contracts).

By: aaron

aaron — Mon, 08 Jul 2002 14:30:03 +0000

When'd you see the light, Manta? I never expected to be on the same side as you in one of these debates.

BTW, just to clear things up, I do agree that a salary cap of some form is in the best interest in the league. I say this freely, b/c I believe Detroit is good enough in the right areas to be a contender in nearly any salary structure. However, I still refuse to admit that Detroit has done anything unfair or "bought" anyone except MAYBE Hasek (but that was more him screwing over the Sabres than us. What were we supposed to do? "Oh, I'm glad you want to come here for less money and can engineer a trade where we can get you for almost nothing, but we're not going to let you out of the spirit of fair play.") I do recognize that it probably isn't good for the league if every veteran who doesn't have a Cup and doesn't mind a slight paycut comes to Detroit every free agent season. That doesn't mean there's anything wrong w/ Detroit taking them, nor does it mean we bought them.

By: aaron

aaron — Mon, 08 Jul 2002 14:23:18 +0000

That is f*cking low.

By: aaron

aaron — Mon, 08 Jul 2002 10:37:10 +0000

Then lower the average salary. Half the league can barely afford 35 million (check the table, there are very few teams over 40, and most of those are paying someone 10 mill a year), so a 50 million cap will do nothing. Ten years ago, the Pittsburg Penguins had the highest salary in the NHL at 16 million. That's a little less than the low end franchises today.

I was looking at figures, there are some teams who don't pay anyone more than 2 million dollars. And only a handful of ppl more than 1 million. I see Detroit dishing out 1 million for Kirk Maltby, and I see what's driving up the salary table. It ain't getting Robitaille for 4 mill, I'll tell you that.

By: aaron

aaron — Mon, 08 Jul 2002 10:32:53 +0000

How? I don’t see how that does anything but weaken the players stance.

By: guinsfan4life

guinsfan4life — Mon, 08 Jul 2002 09:47:31 +0000

YOu sort of contradicted your own point. A cap would limit salaries and the amount of top tier players a team could sign so you wouldn't need any thing further than a cap.

With that said, I agree that FA shouldn't be used to build a team. YOu can't win that way.

By: chaos83

chaos83 — Mon, 08 Jul 2002 09:46:35 +0000

Chelios was traded for at the trade deadline in 99. chicago got some draft picks and a prospect I believe in the deal.