Lmao, wtf are you talking about? How many years in our team's history has this been beneficial to us? When have we been close to being an elite team before Zito came in? Did he not overturn the roster? Did he not find guys who work well together, who will play the way they need to in order to stay competitive, meaning they fully buy in, and be able to talk them into doing what it takes to mostly stay together??
We lost Lomberg, Gudas, Montour, Stenlund, Stolarz, and others over the yeas because they couldn't fit under the cap, had to buy out Yandle, move Matheson and Stralman which cost us picks and prospects.
All of the guys that're signed could've gotten more on the open market, they bought into the Panthers, ownership, South Florida, the Cup, and having the best GM in the game.
Pretend Zito is an amazing GM, he f***ing is. Which of our previous GMs did anything close to the above with the "tax advantage?" No one. It starts with amazing ownership after a decade plus of dogshit, them allowing Zito the ability to do what he has to do, and trusting him to do it. The only one pretending is you and the others who cry about it because their GMs overpay out their asses. Yeah, the tax benefit is a tool, same as everything else with the Panthers and other teams, but you have to know how to use it and who to use it on.
