shawn antoski Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 http://twitter.com/#.../TSNBobMckenzie Bob McKenzie @TSNBobMcKenzie Keeping in mind there's a new CBA coming (hopefully), upper limit of salary cap for next season (technically speaking) is $70.3M. Bob McKenzie @TSNBobMcKenzie In other words, IF the CBA weren't expiring, next season's salary cap based on Hockey Related Revenue would be $70.3M. But CBA is expiring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 You missed the important part of his statement... if the CBA wasn't expiring that is what the cap would be. Has to be expected when you replaced one of the lowest revenue teams in Atlanta with Winnipeg which is much higher revenue. As a matter of fact, if you do that a couple more times (other bottom teams like Phoenix)... the cap ceiling (and floor) would rise to the point where it would bankrupt a dozen teams in the league to try to match it. That is one of the main reasons why Bettman has been resistant to letting those teams move and why he certainly didn't want another REALLY high revenue team coming into southern Ontario. Imagine adding another team with Toronto-like revenues into that mix and it would upset the entire delicate balance of the league's finances. Of course it is all silly of Bettman and his cronies to purposefully try to keep the league revenues down. They have to just bite the bullet and know we are going to go through a short transition period where 2-5 more teams relocate to better cities in which to do business.... the whole league comes out of that looking like roses. Bettman personally has too much at stake in the weak southern markets so that would never happen until he is gone. It does however, give the players a lot of good arguments in collective bargaining. They can argue all day long that the revenues are going up and if the league wants to prop up bad franchises they can do it by revenue sharing and not by having the players do it for the owners by accepting smaller salaries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InSoM- Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Lockout. I wouldn't get too worked up about the cap ceiling as poor teams are going to whine about the cap floor being too high. Big reason for a lockout. Cheers. TOML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Lockout. I wouldn't get too worked up about the cap ceiling as poor teams are going to whine about the cap floor being too high. Big reason for a lockout. Cheers. TOML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sedin's 6th Sense Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .....Can't get Parise, Weber and Suter now...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Canuck Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 You missed the important part of his statement... if the CBA wasn't expiring that is what the cap would be. Has to be expected when you replaced one of the lowest revenue teams in Atlanta with Winnipeg which is much higher revenue. As a matter of fact, if you do that a couple more times (other bottom teams like Phoenix)... the cap ceiling (and floor) would rise to the point where it would bankrupt a dozen teams in the league to try to match it. That is one of the main reasons why Bettman has been resistant to letting those teams move and why he certainly didn't want another REALLY high revenue team coming into southern Ontario. Imagine adding another team with Toronto-like revenues into that mix and it would upset the entire delicate balance of the league's finances. Of course it is all silly of Bettman and his cronies to purposefully try to keep the league revenues down. They have to just bite the bullet and know we are going to go through a short transition period where 2-5 more teams relocate to better cities in which to do business.... the whole league comes out of that looking like roses. Bettman personally has too much at stake in the weak southern markets so that would never happen until he is gone. It does however, give the players a lot of good arguments in collective bargaining. They can argue all day long that the revenues are going up and if the league wants to prop up bad franchises they can do it by revenue sharing and not by having the players do it for the owners by accepting smaller salaries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Doughty Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Sweet, sign Parise long term Sign Suter long term RFA offer sheet Weber long term team is set Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canacks1970 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 The NHL is a business just like any other sports league and a business' no.1 goal is to maximize revenue and profit. If this is bettman's reason for not moving teams from struggling markets to more profitable markets then that's just stupid. Why hasn't this guy been fired yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 The NHL is a business just like any other sports league and a business' no.1 goal is to maximize revenue and profit. If this is bettman's reason for not moving teams from struggling markets to more profitable markets then that's just stupid. Why hasn't this guy been fired yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smyl ( : Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 In the Canuck's away games that are televised what bothers me is seeing all those empty seats in weak markets where seats go begging to be filled while it's near impossible to get reasonable ticket's here for Canuck's game's...(me and my family managed to go to 2 game's very expensive for a family of 4) I feel these subsidy costs are being pushed onto the fan's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spotted Zebra Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 just a simple question, Is the max Salary for players inflated when the cap goes up? ex say the max cap is 12 M at 64 M ceiling. would it go to 13/14 at 70? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standing_Tall#37 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 What they should do is keep the same cap but have an exception that only 3 players can make more than 7 and if u have that u can go above the cap by 10% or something... Otherwise you're back to square 1, and the parity is gone if the gap between floor and ceiling grows.... Just a thought.... Not sure if it's good or not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanKeslord17 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Well, welcome to the team Shea Weber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray_Cathode Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tm085 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 just a simple question, Is the max Salary for players inflated when the cap goes up? ex say the max cap is 12 M at 64 M ceiling. would it go to 13/14 at 70? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 What they should do is keep the same cap but have an exception that only 3 players can make more than 7 and if u have that u can go above the cap by 10% or something... Otherwise you're back to square 1, and the parity is gone if the gap between floor and ceiling grows.... Just a thought.... Not sure if it's good or not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice orca Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 At 70mill Luongos cap hit at 5.3 will mke him very easy to trade, kind of screws B-Macs outlook on Louongo not being looked at by teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandmaster Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 At 70mill Luongos cap hit at 5.3 will mke him very easy to trade, kind of screws B-Macs outlook on Louongo not being looked at by teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 B-Mac is an idiot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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