Sincerely and from the bottom of my heart, f*** Delaware.
It just hit me that a big part of the disagreement on the salary cap/tax topic might be the fact that Americans are so used to thinking about this dynamic that it doesn’t faze us as much.
As a North Carolinian I’m surrounded by people who moved here from NJ, NY, MI, OH, PA, etc to avoid taxes. At the same time, I’m used to having the ~30th or 40th best public services in the nation, and everything that means for quality of life.
Our region has been in the position of luring a lot of people to a slightly lower quality of public life in exchange for a little more money in their own pocket, a little bigger house, newer car, etc. And we’ve also been in the position of saying “Oh, you’re relocating to Alabama to save 2% on your tax bill? LOL, good luck buddy.”
This tradeoff is just part of life in 21st century America, and nearly everyone makes a value judgment at some point as to what they want to prioritize. So idea that it happens in the NHL is neither shocking nor problematic. It’s just another version of the big city/small town or beaches/mountains decisions we all make.