Salary Cap: The three things ruining the NHL (Especially Canadian Teams)

[Folignos Helmet]

i'm all for one compliance buyout a year, there should be more mechanisms for the wealthy teams to sidestep the cap, keeps a range of competitive balance and still gives a bit of wiggle for the high value franchises. To keep the PA happy you might need a buyout that pays the player more on a compliance buyout, which again would favour the wealthy teams.

 

[nsleaf]

Shouldn't there be a "it's Marner's fault" option in this poll?

 

[rumman]

I’d love to see NTC/NMC eliminated, maybe one per team for a designated franchise player to appease the player’s association. I’m not sure how to make a level playing field for the tax situation on par between States/Provinces, but the more parody between teams the better imo……

 

[ULF_55]

I’d love to see NTC/NMC eliminated, maybe one per team for a designated franchise player to appease the player’s association. I’m not sure how to make a level playing field for the tax situation on par between States/Provinces, but the more parody between teams the better imo……

Watching Leafs in the playoffs is parody.

Rather than eliminate NMC/NTC's just make contracts limited to 3 years.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Only point 1.

No one is forced to give out NMC's or terrible contracts and teams should not be rewarded when they do so.

Point 1, however, is a legit issue that makes the playing field unequal regardless of how well your team is managed.

 

[rumman]

Watching Leafs in the playoffs is parody.

Rather than eliminate NMC/NTC's just make contracts limited to

Shorter terms won’t save the Leafs from paying too much for too little, it’ll just mean moving on to fresher mistakes imo…..

 

[ULF_55]

Shorter terms won’t save the Leafs from paying too much for too little, it’ll just mean moving on to fresher mistakes imo…..

Yes, but it means the new recycled GM has less baggage to deal with.

 

[thewave]

Shorter terms won’t save the Leafs from paying too much for too little, it’ll just mean moving on to fresher mistakes imo…..

Rogers is taking ownership in June I think. Why does that new owner need to be saddled in with a mess made by something a previous owner created?

It needs to change not only for Canada but for fan interest. Big trades are fun in sports and this cap business is all a scam. They know about the tax angle as well and how it negatively impacts Canada too.

I don't know the answer. Maybe it's 5 year term limits. Maybe a cap kicker exemption for luxury tax that gets automatically adjusted if the high tax contract is traded to a low tax area.

Maybe it has to be like. You have a 10m contract in the lowest tax district. Normalized for Toronto you now make 12m or 11.5m in NY but your official cap is 10m

 

[therealkoho]

I think there should be a total blackout on Diamond and Diamond commercials, the sleaziest, greaseiest and most untrustworthy looking people on the planet.

They're probably hockey player agents

 

[Legion34]

Seeing Canada win made me think to myself, why is it that Canadian teams struggle to win? How long can we go without a cup before a course correction is made?

These are the things I identified.

1. The Cap vs Canada's higher taxes. Some sort of resolution must be made at the govt level for pro athletes. It needs a pro sport competitive fairness lobby to ensure that leagues which allow betting have a level playing field.

2. The NMC should not exist. No teams should be bound to a player. It does not make sense and a limited NMC generally should suffice. This obviously again affects cap if you are stuck with a non performing player.

3. The buyout should be a one and done final option with no cap penalty. 1 a year at the very least, why are teams bound to this crazy concept.

Made it a poll to see how others feel.


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You don’t have to change the money. You could just allocate cap differently

( high tax teams get 100 low get 90 etc) or. Just charge cap hits based on market.

The cap hit isn’t a real thing.

A 10 million dollar salary could easily be a 9 million hit in Toronto or 11 in Tampa.

 

[baton elevated]

I'd like to see 1 exemption contract per team. The rule would be, it has to be your own drafted player. We of course could choose from many. It's the reward for drafting well. Tavares would not qualify but AM, MM Willy and Rielly all would.
Edmonton would have just as many, 97, 29, 25 and 2.
All that extra money could bring in a very good player or two.

 

[Larcos_Unal]

• Cap hit should be for a standardized, 'after tax' amount and teams should have a say whether they want to pay it regardless of their tax situation
• Teams as well as players should have the option to re-negotiate their contracts to stay on their current team (like the NFL)
• Luxury tax up to 15% of the cap, Leafs pay for every other fledgling team already...may as well get some benefit out of it
• 1 junior player exception should be allowed to make the jump to the AHL per year (Cowen is a prime example)
• Teams should have an extra spot for a 3rd string/AHL goalie without waiver rules
• Max 5 year contracts