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Post by americanpride on Jul 3, 2005 5:35:38 GMT -8
So the NHL will have a salary cap. I have no idea as to what limit the cap will be set, though I have heared rumors of 36 million dollars. Now - I LOVE the return of hockey but... I am an Avalanche fan, the best damn team in the league. Or was before a salary cap will be instituted. The Avs roster I believe exceeds or nearly exceeds the cap limit - and when a full roster hasn't even been signed yet! Forsberg hasn't re-signed yet. And neither have a couple of key players. Meaning either the team or the players will have to settle for less (and I hope the players think noblely of Kariya's and Selanne's decision to take a HUGE cut in pay for the world's best hockey team). Now - in contrast - the Boston Bruins, even with Joe Thorton and Andrew Raycroft, do not have a roster that exceeds a paltry six million dollars. Sure, I know the purpose of the salary cap is to force an equalization or near equalization of talent, but the return of the NHL will be bittersweet for me.  |
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Post by FightingFalcon on Jul 3, 2005 13:47:03 GMT -8
Do you have a link to the settlement Chris? Because I haven't heard anything yet. For example, is there gonna be a roll-back in salaries? Individual salary cap? Or just team caps?
The league wanted both a roll-back and a salary cap - is that what's gonna happen now?
The thing with hockey is that it couldn't have continued for much longer before going through something like this. Baseball is going to have to do the same thing in a few years as well. You simply can't have someone like A-Rod making more money than the entire Detroit Tigers team and yet still expect MLB to be competitive.
However, I would also like to see some major contraction in the NHL. There is no reason why some of the really small-market teams should be there. I have no problem with the Rangers being forced to give up some of their money to poorer teams, but I'm not gonna sit by and watch them have to fork out millions of dollars to a team that has no fan base anyway. Some teams just shouldn't be in the league, period.
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Post by americanpride on Jul 4, 2005 6:00:01 GMT -8
No official agreement yet. Though word has it they are getting closer to ending this non-sense, and that a salary cap WILL be introduced. I am not sure of the specifics because as of this moment there are none. But regardless the Avalanche will be an entirely different team next season. |
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Post by dustdevil28 on Jul 4, 2005 22:58:56 GMT -8
Baseball is going to have to do the same thing in a few years as well. You simply can't have someone like A-Rod making more money than the entire Detroit Tigers team and yet still expect MLB to be competitive. And when that happens teams with great GMs like Oaklands Billy Beane will rule baseball. ;D Our time is almost at hand!!! |
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Post by dustdevil28 on Jul 4, 2005 23:01:08 GMT -8
So the NHL will have a salary cap. I have no idea as to what limit the cap will be set, though I have heared rumors of 36 million dollars. Now - I LOVE the return of hockey but... I am an Avalanche fan, the best damn team in the league. Or was before a salary cap will be instituted. The Avs roster I believe exceeds or nearly exceeds the cap limit - and when a full roster hasn't even been signed yet! Forsberg hasn't re-signed yet. And neither have a couple of key players. Meaning either the team or the players will have to settle for less (and I hope the players think noblely of Kariya's and Selanne's decision to take a HUGE cut in pay for the world's best hockey team). Now - in contrast - the Boston Bruins, even with Joe Thorton and Andrew Raycroft, do not have a roster that exceeds a paltry six million dollars. Sure, I know the purpose of the salary cap is to force an equalization or near equalization of talent, but the return of the NHL will be bittersweet for me. Hey Chris, Does the NHL have any kind of minor league system for developing players such as MLB and the NBA do? Having these could help provide more game ready players at a lower cost. |
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Post by cameron on Jul 5, 2005 5:10:58 GMT -8
Hey Chris, Does the NHL have any kind of minor league system Yes they do. |
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Post by americanpride on Jul 5, 2005 12:50:34 GMT -8
So the NHL will have a salary cap. I have no idea as to what limit the cap will be set, though I have heared rumors of 36 million dollars. Now - I LOVE the return of hockey but... I am an Avalanche fan, the best damn team in the league. Or was before a salary cap will be instituted. The Avs roster I believe exceeds or nearly exceeds the cap limit - and when a full roster hasn't even been signed yet! Forsberg hasn't re-signed yet. And neither have a couple of key players. Meaning either the team or the players will have to settle for less (and I hope the players think noblely of Kariya's and Selanne's decision to take a HUGE cut in pay for the world's best hockey team). Now - in contrast - the Boston Bruins, even with Joe Thorton and Andrew Raycroft, do not have a roster that exceeds a paltry six million dollars. Sure, I know the purpose of the salary cap is to force an equalization or near equalization of talent, but the return of the NHL will be bittersweet for me. Hey Chris, Does the NHL have any kind of minor league system for developing players such as MLB and the NBA do? Having these could help provide more game ready players at a lower cost. Yes. The NHL has a very developed and in-depth "farming" system. However, these players were greatly hurt in the last strike - where Joe Sakic and the like make millions of dollars, these players are very low paid and did not have the opportunity to play in Europe. |
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