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Adam Messages: 6859
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Location: Edmonton, AB
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JPro wrote on Wed, 19 June 2019 12:56 |
philly boy wrote on Tue, 18 June 2019 13:52 | an estimated $81,000,000 salary cap (talking heads a couple years ago were saying we should expect it go up to 90+); NHL rosters usually carry what, 22-23 players? Makes average salary for a player on the roster about $3,000,000. Meanwhile GM's are throwing out 9-10-11 million (on top of handing out NMCs) to sign players who are either injured, over the hill, or average to inconsistent. I get that cap is intended to increase parity and level the playing field, but my god, NHL GM's are truly doing it themselves, while also screwing the league, and to an extent players in the process. Need to have someone (or multiple people) who are more than just capologists, who can predict salary cap trends over 3-4-5 years. Tough to do. Absolute mess.
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Players are definitely getting screwed. Like you said, there's an average of 3-4M per player available. These monster contracts will only serve to drive down the salaries of the average-skilled player and increase the gap between the ultra-rich hockey players and the kinda-rich ones. What sport should I follow during the next lockout? I tried basketball, but I just couldn't....
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I think that makes sense though. People don't come to see the average hockey player, they come for the stars. The stars sell tickets, they sell merchandise - how many Kris Russell shirts do you see at Oilers games? - they sell sponsorships. They should get more of the money.
The teams that understand that and pay their stars while learning to get the most out of cheaper roster players are the ones who've done the best. The Blackhawks are a great example of this. They may be hurt now by staying committed too long to the same group, but they won three Cups because they identified the core that they needed to keep and paid them and as other players became too expensive, they dealt them away.
Bowman wouldn't have likely prioritized signing Moreau and Staios over Ryan Smyth, and if there was less left for those two because of that, then either they take less or you let them leave - knowing that a third line winger or a middle of the road second pairing defenceman is more easily obtained than a first line winger - even a low-end first liner like Smyth.
The Hawks wouldn't have signed Russell & Gryba to above-market deals just before the negotiations with Draisaitl and McDavid, because they realize that you don't convince the stars to take discounts if the foot soldiers are getting overpaid. You can sometimes convince the foot soldiers to take less if they think either the stars are willing to help a little there too, or the stars are so good that they're passing up championships by not signing on.
MacT said a lot of stupid things, but he was right about one thing - you can't have too many $4MM price point defencemen. If your third pairing or your third and fourth liners are making above the NHL average, your team is likely in cap hell.
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
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