The Era of "Superteams"...?

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With this new trend of superstar players not only forcing themselves away from teams they don't wnat to be on, and on to teams that are Cup contenders, have we reached an "era of superteams." It feels like it because honestly if you look at the NHL landscape right now it only feels like about 8 teams have a real shot at the Cup next season.

Assuming this is the case, it's never been more important to have draft picks and hit on them and think longer-term. Because teams like Colorado, Vegas, Florida, Carolina, Dallas, Minnesota, etc are going nowhere in the short-term.

 

[Ace]

Unless they do something about the number of NTCs and NMCs enjoy your new low/no tax nice weather overlords.

 

[nogatco rd]

“We want more trades the nhl sucks now”

*top line/top pairing guy traded*

“Wait no not like that”

 

[JediOrderPizza]

GMs at fault, even handing them to third liners nowadays.

 

[Laus723]

Detroit was a super team back in the day, plenty of guys went to the Rangers and Colorado as well.

Not many teams are as willing to move their firsts like Florida, Tampa, Vegas, etc. to get these guys.

 

[Miami Wice]

It can't be really superteams in a hard cap like NHL.

But maybe with new explosion of revenue from TV rights- we will have greater disparity between teams spending to cap ceiling and teams spending just above cap floor- and hopefully that results in more superteams in NHL.

Parity=mediocrity. I would rather watch 4-5 stacked teams competing for cup rather than 13-14 like in NHL playoffs these days.

 

[NyQuil]

What's funny is that Carolina recently had a guy refuse to play for them, and then they just won the Cup.

So I'm not sure I buy the theory.

 

[Minnesnota]

This is just emotional Canadians throwing a tantrum in public. Nothing more nothing less.

 

[wetcoast]

With this new trend of superstar players not only forcing themselves away from teams they don't wnat to be on, and on to teams that are Cup contenders, have we reached an "era of superteams." It feels like it because honestly if you look at the NHL landscape right now it only feels like about 8 teams have a real shot at the Cup next season.

Assuming this is the case, it's never been more important to have draft picks and hit on them and think longer-term. Because teams like Colorado, Vegas, Florida, Carolina, Dallas, Minnesota, etc are going nowhere in the short-term.

The salary cap is still there to prevent this plus hockey is really a team sport, the NBA has 5 players on the court for most of the game so a single player has more control than any NHL position player.

 

[3074326]

Who just won the cup?

 

[DuklaNation]

Remove the hard cap. Reduce revenue sharing. Leafs ( and a few others) have subsidized this league way too long now. Leafs can exceed $200M in payroll. Can Panthers? No.

 

[ThreeLeftSkates]

Remove the hard cap. Reduce revenue sharing. Leafs ( and a few others) have subsidized this league way too long now. Leafs can exceed $200M in payroll. Can Panthers? No.

Leafs have zero idea of how to construct a winner. This thread is not "How the Leafs can finally win it all".

 

[KingsFan7824]

It feels like it because honestly if you look at the NHL landscape right now it only feels like about 8 teams have a real shot at the Cup next season.

8 out of 32 teams in 25%. You think a quarter of the league, half the teams that make the playoffs, having any shot at the Cup is low?

Back in the 21 team league, did 5 teams have a real shot at the Cup in, say, 1985?

 

[mphmiles]

Players have been forcing their way off teams that still held their rights for decades. Bure, Yashin, Peca, Larmer, Primeau, Roy, Pronger- the list goes and on. This is nothing new.

With the hard cap, it's actually harder than it was back then as well because teams not only have to want that player, but be able to fit them in.

 

[gstommylee]

Remove the hard cap. Reduce revenue sharing. Leafs ( and a few others) have subsidized this league way too long now. Leafs can exceed $200M in payroll. Can Panthers? No.

The cap will never go away...

 

[viper0220]

The cap will never go away...

He is saying the hard cap, have a cap like the NBA.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Feel like I’m missing something. What superteams? What are we talking about here?

The teams that have multiple superstars (Edmonton, Colorado) got there by drafting them.

 

[BlackAdam]

“We want more trades the nhl sucks now”

*top line/top pairing guy traded*

“Wait no not like that”

Not true.
Leafs do it for the likes of Foligno, Laughton and Carlo

 

[Ice9]

Entering the era of finding other things to do all winter…yawn…

 

[M88K]

With this new trend of superstar players not only forcing themselves away from teams they don't wnat to be on, and on to teams that are Cup contenders, have we reached an "era of superteams." It feels like it because honestly if you look at the NHL landscape right now it only feels like about 8 teams have a real shot at the Cup next season.

Assuming this is the case, it's never been more important to have draft picks and hit on them and think longer-term. Because teams like Colorado, Vegas, Florida, Carolina, Dallas, Minnesota, etc are going nowhere in the short-term.

How is this any different than it's ever been?


Fluke cinderella runs do happen, but any given year there is a handful of teams that are cup contenders. Been this way forever

 

[nogatco rd]

Not true.
Leafs do it for the likes of Foligno, Laughton and Carlo

don’t think anyone’s worried about them forming a super team anytime soon though

 

[Khelandros]

Leafs have zero idea of how to construct a winner. This thread is not "How the Leafs can finally win it all".

The Leafs had 38 years of no cap since their last Cup, to win another Cup. Money didn't solve their problems then, it won't now.

 

[DuklaNation]

The Leafs had 38 years of no cap since their last Cup, to win another Cup. Money didn't solve their problems then, it won't now.

Irrelevant. Revenues grew a lot early 90s.

Yankees and Dodgers are 2 of the biggest revenue teams in MLB. No salary cap. Yankees have had one sub .500 record in 34 years. Dodgers have had only 3 sub .500 seasons in same stretch. Doesn't guarantee championships, but it assures consistent contendng. No cap + high revenues = consistent winners.