By: ray2013
Well if any team needs an out of shape dman with a weak shot, I’m available for a season or two. For $4 million, I’ll also learn how to sharpen skates and help carry hockey bags.
View ArticleBy: creasemasta41
having a cap floor seems stupid to me because if a team is on a budget and cant spend that much money, but they are required to then they lose money and get in the same mess phoenix new jersey and...
View ArticleBy: greatminnesotasportsmind
then you would have teams like Columbus (maybe Howson would lower his demands) and the Islanders signing 23 players for 21 million dollars and a cupcake 82 times a year. With a floor owners are forced...
View ArticleBy: ray2013
There are two problems with a cap floor: 1) it can force small market teams to lose money in order to spend to the floor. 2) Remove the floor, and you can run into the situation of having some teams...
View ArticleBy: istallion
Maybe some teams should not be in the NHL. Personally, I think the weak sisters should leave and make the remaining teams stronger.
View ArticleBy: creasemasta41
If the cap floor continues and the blue jackets are forced to spend to the floor, and they dont put a winning team on the ice they theoretically could be sold and moved, similar to atlanta. If you...
View ArticleBy: theolgoaler
You mean like the financially-struggling New Jersey Devils? Hardly a “weak sister” on the ice, but they’ve got problems with ownership trying to pay the bills they’ve already got. The Blackhawks played...
View ArticleBy: handsofsweed
“If he goes with the latter option, then that might be a problem for Nashville because they will have a tough time trading him and staying under the cap (should say “over the floor”??) unless they take...
View ArticleBy: flyersgoalscoredby88
Give Chicago a break, their owner was so cheap he wouldn’t broadcast the games on regular TV, wouldn’t spend on players, and did everything he could to decimate the fanbase. It’s not like Pittsburgh,...
View ArticleBy: mikeincmn
The NHL should just create a cap floor based on a team by team basis. For instance, take attendence trends, market size, tv ratings, sponsorship revenues and a few other things and create a cap floor...
View ArticleBy: greatminnesotasportsmind
In theory, the cap goes up as NHL revenues goes up. The cap could also go down if the league starts to lose money. Therefore, supposedly, Columbus should be able to reach the cap floor and still make...
View ArticleBy: creasemasta41
But say montreal or toronto make a few extra bucks this year and columbus breaks even or even loses a little. Their income stays the same but the floor rises and they have to pay more which would...
View ArticleBy: ray2013
I saw this discussed on Grantland, and they made a really solid point in relation to this: when Boston and Chicago were having lean years in terms of teams, you saw lots of empty seats and people said:...
View ArticleBy: hockeyflow33
The Bruins went so far as to paint the lower bowl seats at the Garden alternating black and yellow so that on tv the stands did not look as empty.
View ArticleBy: greatminnesotasportsmind
That basically makes having a cap floor pointless. Why should Phoenix spend less than Edmonton who spends less than Anaheim who spends less than Montreal. Attendance trends fluctuate year to year. It’s...
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