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OT: 2012-13 Lockout Discussion Part X: Is There Any Hope? Edition

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damn. i remember a few weeks back when the nhlpa rejected an offer and everyone was like, "that dumb, it wont get better than that! sign it!" well, it just got better. fehr is walking a THIN, thin line here, hope he knows when to stop and actually sign a deal.
 
I'm not cool with that $60MM cap for 2013-14. Why don't they propose something where teams could have a less cap-hit for their own RFAs?

MDZ is an RFA. Our 2013-14 payroll---not including MDZ---is about $52.4MM. That's about $7.6MM for MDZ, Sauer, Stepan, Hagelin, and McDonagh. That's not good.
 
broadwayblue said:
Why can't they just keep the cap where it is and not increase it until the owners are made whole on the 50-50 revenue split?
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thats what players proposed and nhl argued that it never guarantees 50/50 split if revenue stops going up
 
hopefully because a $60 mil cap next year would screw so many teams even worse than us that there will be some additional flexiblity as transition rules
 
Bleedred said:
Shouldn't there be a rollback with the cap going down like that? Or is the buyout supposed to be the answer? I think they'll meet in the middle somewhere. Maybe a $63 million cap ceiling.
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there would be a 'rollback' in the sense that contracts would be reduced, but then the $300 mil 'make whole' $$ is supposed to pay the players back the money they lose in future years...so atleast in theory those players won't actually lose anything. atleast thats how i understand it.
 
kaneone said:
I find it hard to believe that any team will have it worse.
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capgeek has the flyers commited to 59.81 mil next year for 16 players leaving them $190k to sign 4-7 players unless they buyout mr universe.
 
A CBA is not going to be put into place if it leaves nearly half the league without 5 or so roster players due to the cap restriction.

Most teams can't be close to that estimated cap with 5 players less so therefore it won't be put into place.
 
kaneone said:
I find it hard to believe that any team will have it worse.
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Look on the previous page in this thread (#497). I made a very clear overview regarding each teams cap situation next year. And why the players can not and will not accept a $60M cap next year, it is impossible out of several aspects
 
What good is a CBA agreement going to do if no team can get under the hard cap? How many teams are at or above 60M right now?
 
Lundsanity30 said:
What good is a CBA agreement going to do if no team can get under the hard cap? How many teams are at or above 60M right now?
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Look at post #497 in this thread
Sums up the entire league and how it is impossible to have a $60M cap (drop of over #10M). It is idiotic even to propose this. Gary needs to use a calculator and count the math - not just listen to a lawyer buddies script how this should play out...
 
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So will the rollback make the cap hits for existing contracts go down? Sorry I'm still trying to understand the financial aspects of all this.
 
Bleedred said:
So will the rollback make the cap hits for existing contracts go down? Sorry I'm still trying to understand the financial aspects of all this.
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I thought I read that there are no rollbacks in this proposal?
 
Bleedred said:
So will the rollback make the cap hits for existing contracts go down? Sorry I'm still trying to understand the financial aspects of all this.
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Not in the current proposal (or any recent proposals). The way those contracts would be affected would be through higher escrow payments (because the total payout to the players would be greater than their % share--players would be returning money to the owners through escrow, but the "make whole payments" would also dampen such an impact). Cap hit would remain unaffected.
 
azrok22 said:
Not in the current proposal (or any recent proposals). The way those contracts would be affected would be through higher escrow payments (because the total payout to the players would be greater than their % share--players would be returning money to the owners through escrow, but the "make whole payments" would also dampen such an impact). Cap hit would remain unaffected.
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Alright thanks, and thanks for your patience too!

Jabroni there is no rollback in this proposal. I figured the amnesty buyout is what will be used to dump salary when the cap goes down. However I don't see every team doing it. I wish the Devils would use it on Volchenkov, but I can only see the cap ceiling teams doing it. The Devils will be a cap ceiling team though if we can keep our UFA's.
 
Antithesis said:
When healthy,Gaborik is unquestionably the superior player.

One of the biggest knocks people had on Gaborik was his inability to play seamlessly with Richards, after having no true #1 center his whole career. Nash is coming here in a similar situation and, quite frankly, I don't expect his production to magically explode with Broadway Brad either.

Nash was brought here to provide enough additional scoring to win us a cup. Not to be the #1 goal scoring threat. That is Marian's job.

Gaborikis one of the top 5 goal scoring threats in the league. As of right now, Nash is #12, maybe #11 is you're being harsh to Bobby Ryanafter a bad year.
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Gaborik is the superior goal scorer, but an "unquestionably superior player" has a helluva lot more criteria. Nash is a better all-around player. He is a guy that can affect play not from game to game, but from shift to shift. Thats my opinion from watching both of these guys and judging them irregardless of their surroundings.

The supporting cast, especially for Nash going from the worst team in the league to one of the best, is also a big factor -- but that hasnt stopped you from completely ignoring it here.
 
Bleed Ranger Blue said:
Gaborik is the superior goal scorer, but an "unquestionably superior player" has a helluva lot more criteria. Nash is a better all-around player. He is a guy that can affect play not from game to game, but from shift to shift. Thats my opinion from watching both of these guys and judging them irregardless of their surroundings.

The supporting cast, especially for Nash going from the worst team in the league to one of the best, is also a big factor -- but that hasnt stopped you from completely ignoring it here.
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Absolutely agree about supporting cast but we have seen stars here before not excel. Until Nash proves otherwise, Gaborik is our best player
 
Lundsanity30 said:
Absolutely agree about supporting cast but we have seen stars here before not excel. Until Nash proves otherwise, Gaborik is our best player
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It was almost the exact opposite situation in those years. Stars going from good/great teams to the terrible Rangers.

Look, I wish we could keep both, but its quite clear the Rangers organization has already made the decision of who they value more.
 
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