Opmac Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 I haven't been following the CBA negotiations at all, but this jumped out at me in the NHL's latest proposal which would put the salary cap at $58 million. 16 of the league's teams are currently above $58 million. The rest are awfully close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 I haven't been following the CBA negotiations at all, but this jumped out at me in the NHL's latest proposal which would put the salary cap at $58 million. 16 of the league's teams are currently above $58 million. The rest are awfully close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pasific Coluseum Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 That's far too low for the salary cap to be at during this day and age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookie Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Seriously? Coming up on 2 weeks to go and they're still arguing over how to define 'revenue'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckbeliever Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 The owners are stupid because they devised a salary cap that was not 100% loophole free- well i suppose you could say that in that sense they were stupid or you can turn it around and say that some GMs were just smarter than the owners. It's nice to know that there are people like you around that would have been able to devise a CBA that no GM would ever be able to get around. I suppose the rest of the world will have to settle for being stupid. The fact is, it only takes one smart GM, then the majority of the others have no choice but to follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamJamIam Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Not too low by any stretch of the imagination. It's just that players make way too much money to play a simple game while doctors, teachers, fireman, policeman get shafted. You tell me who's job is more important... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckbeliever Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Not too low by any stretch of the imagination. It's just that players make way too much money to play a simple game while doctors, teachers, fireman, policeman get shafted. You tell me who's job is more important... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevlach Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 So what happens to the teams over the cap by 12 million if the new CBA goes through? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 At least they are moving in the right direction.............. *still wonders if there will be hockey by Dec.....* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastal1 Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 And this is where you do not understand my point. Owners and GMs are always on the same side. The GM is a representative of the owner on the management side and any decision a GM makes the owner has ultimate authority over. My point is simply this (I dont think I was clear enough before), the owners fought so hard for this cap to reduce player salaries yet through there representatives (the GM's) they dismantled the system all together by increasing player salaries substantially from 04 05 and throwing albatross contracts at players through these "loop holes". Does that make sense now? So yeah the owners are stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrison Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 So was this a step in the right direction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drive-By Body Pierce Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 So was this a step in the right direction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevlach Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 At least if we get locked out Kesler will be ready to go for the season opener... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Profanity Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 At least if we get locked out Kesler will be ready to go for the season opener... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thad Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Not too low by any stretch of the imagination. It's just that players make way too much money to play a simple game while doctors, teachers, fireman, policeman get shafted. You tell me who's job is more important... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxiebrown Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Not too low by any stretch of the imagination. It's just that players make way too much money to play a simple game while doctors, teachers, fireman, policeman get shafted. You tell me who's job is more important... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccc44 Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 The owners are stupid because they devised a salary cap that was not 100% loophole free- well i suppose you could say that in that sense they were stupid or you can turn it around and say that some GMs were just smarter than the owners. It's nice to know that there are people like you around that would have been able to devise a CBA that no GM would ever be able to get around. I suppose the rest of the world will have to settle for being stupid. The fact is, it only takes one smart GM, then the majority of the others have no choice but to follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonfruits Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Players salaries roll back more than WalMart prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Impersonator Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Not too low by any stretch of the imagination. It's just that players make way too much money to play a simple game while doctors, teachers, fireman, policeman get shafted. You tell me who's job is more important... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Colt 45s Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 He's actually been a GREAT commissioner.... for the owners. They're the ones who hired him and pay his salary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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