The bigger issue here is what this does to smaller market teams. It sounds like this will be the first time in the cap era where a significant (more than a handful) number of teams will not be able to spend to the cap anymore.
People are not Ready for the Massive Cap Increases
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The cap number doesn’t even matter, it’s just a projection. At the end of the day the players get 50% of revenue whether that projection is met or not.
The only people not ready for this are the people who think payers value are paid by dollars and not the % of the cap.
The league is making money the cap goes up. Everyone gets 4 nations money. Everyone gets a piece of tv deals. Everyone in need (and meets requirements) gets revenue sharing. Nothing changes, just the dollars are going up.
However, contracts that were recently signed cannot go up for like 5 or 6 years even after the cap goes up, so this, I believe, was the point.
Shesterkin is top 5 in GSAx this year. The rangers defense is truly atrocious
miscs75
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Yeah, but there is always pros and cons to signing long term deals. The main reason a player signs is for security of course...you can sign a short deal with the hopes your game will advance and you'll then get more money on next deal, but lots of risk there.....biggest risk is injury, worst case, career threatening injury. These days, a lot of contracts seem really high for the guys signing them, but the hope is that they will continue to improve and grow into the contract, such that by the end of it, they'll be more than worth it.
If the cap didn't increase each year, I think there would be some contracts that would be pretty bad....some are anyway (long term deals for big $$$ for guys that will be pushing 40 by the end of the contracts).
He is 11th and for actual save %, he's 22nd. I don't care how bad the D is, that's a bad stat.
At the same time, I don't care if he's the best current goalie in the NHL ,the contract is going to look bad before the end of it
Golden_Jet
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Looks like 11 to me
moneypucks model isn't great for goalies imo
Shesterkin is elite. Worth every penny.
In an age where goaltenders are the incredibly inconsistent year to year, shesterkin has been elite single every regular season and every single playoffs.
Stats are what you make of them. I base my opinions of players by watching them play. In my opinion, he is not a great goaltender.
Deadpool8812
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Yeah. Why judge a player based on watching them when there’s charts that tell you how good he is? Crazy!
No, it's insane to watch igor shesterkin and come to the conclusion that he isn't an elite goalie.
But also yes, I trust numbers from every single save shesterkin has ever made more than the memory of an islanders fan saw in a limited sample size, littered with recency bias and other fallacies (which btw is also almost certainly swayed by the basic stats constantly shown in broadcasts)
Sounds like you'll be filled with terrible takes based on tiny sample sizes of things you vaguely remember from broadcasts (or more accurately, your opinions are very likely based on very basic stats that are highlighted throughout broadcasts that have shaped your views, eg Shesterkins SV%, GAA and record this year that you remember as the "eye test" since they were told to you as you watched a game)
