As we have seen previously:
http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showpost.php?p=78522097&postcount=25
The NHL and a Salary Cap did go hand in hand. In fact more so than the above indicates.
From page 91 of The Montreal Maroons by William Brown, there was a Salary Cap during the 1927-28 NHL season of $135,000. Times were prosperous, the NHL was one season beyond consolidation and expanding,. New arenas had been built in major centers - New York, Montreal, Boston.
Yet with rosters in the low two digits, no mention of a salary floor or an average salary in the $10,000 to 12,000 range it is doubtful that many players earned anything close to Babe Ruth money $70,000.
Compared to the 1927 New York Yankees salaries, towards the bottom of the following:
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1927&t=nya
it is understandable why certain players turned their back on potential NHL careers.
http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showpost.php?p=78522097&postcount=25
The NHL and a Salary Cap did go hand in hand. In fact more so than the above indicates.
From page 91 of The Montreal Maroons by William Brown, there was a Salary Cap during the 1927-28 NHL season of $135,000. Times were prosperous, the NHL was one season beyond consolidation and expanding,. New arenas had been built in major centers - New York, Montreal, Boston.
Yet with rosters in the low two digits, no mention of a salary floor or an average salary in the $10,000 to 12,000 range it is doubtful that many players earned anything close to Babe Ruth money $70,000.
Compared to the 1927 New York Yankees salaries, towards the bottom of the following:
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1927&t=nya
it is understandable why certain players turned their back on potential NHL careers.