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[Ton]

Brooks nailed my thoughts exactly. The owners are fucking nuts. Yes, you always shoot high when you start a process like this, but their proposal was a slap in the face and truly inappropriate.

 

[R K]

As sad as it is, being a HUGE fan of the sport, I hope this bites them in the ass. Smart fans should be about fed up with this bullshit.

 

[EspoForever]

The idea of a soft cap has been around for a while and sounds like a good option(to me). The NHL owners don't seem to be interested, otherwise would'nt they have used it by now?

The owners that own teams in poor(er) hockey markets love reveue sharing, so getting it past them is no problem. The owners that don't want it are the richer ones. They are all seeking an agreement best for THEIR team instead of realizing that the league view must be taken.



It does not help that they have expanded WAY too far and have so many more teams lining up with their hands out...too few pulling the cart and too many on the cart.

 

[EspoForever]

I know they will find end arounds when it comes to the CBA. It is their job. If they didn't, they would be stupid. However, don't cry to me when you "can't afford" to pay the players.



I had floated the idea of a soft cap, like in the NBA. I think that may work, no?

Agreed...than a team that spends huge money can do so if they don't mind...SHARING REVENUE...Grin.



I an "head-in-hands" that these clowns are focused on term length limits. That is so far from being the core problem it's crazy.

 

[R K]

The owners that own teams in poor(er) hockey markets love reveue sharing, so getting it past them is no problem. The owners that don't want it are the richer ones. They are all seeking an agreement best for THEIR team instead of realizing that the league view must be taken.



It does not help that they have expanded WAY too far and have so many more teams lining up with their hands out...too few pulling the cart and too many on the cart.

The problem is, if you read the article, they fail to mention that at all. Even though in most cases THEY caused it during "expansion". **** the Board of Governors and **** the NHL.

 

[dlrob315]

I know they will find end arounds when it comes to the CBA. It is their job. If they didn't, they would be stupid. However, don't cry to me when you "can't afford" to pay the players.



I had floated the idea of a soft cap, like in the NBA. I think that may work, no?

They are already dealing with a soft cap with front loaded or back loaded contracts. The NBA soft cap protect teams from losing their home grown players so yes, that part of a cap I would love to see but it still would not help the have not owners.



Plus, there isn't an inability to pay the players at the present CBA, the owners want more for their pockets and the way to do that is to come to a 50/50 revenue share. They do not care if the cap hit is 100m, they are saying as long as the 100m is from 50%. It's the starting point (57%) that is the problem, not the 70.2m.