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CH1 said:
is there a penalty for cutting them lose?
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There should be, but not as much as it is now. I stated my proposal many times before, and it’s a small tweak on the current system, cut it down to 50% of the remaining contract and allow the team to spread the penalty as they like. For example buy out Gallagher and take a 10M cap hit penalty next year and be done with it.
 
GrandWazoo said:
There should be, but not as much as it is now. I stated my proposal many times before, and it’s a small tweak on the current system, cut it down to 50% of the remaining contract and allow the team to spread the penalty as they like. For example buy out Gallagher and take a 10M cap hit penalty next year and be done with it.
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a bit like the NFL style where you can spread the pain as little or as much as you like

makes sense to me....
 
Allow the Flames to cut Huberdeau loose and let him find a team with a better fit. It’s not only good for the team, but the players and the league in general.
 
CH1 said:
I think the draft would work way better if they upped the age...

one of the reason the NFL works, is that players enter the league fully formed at 21+...ready to contribute while they make rookie wages

nobody talks about "rushing players" in that league except for QBs...
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In football, though, teams tend to draft out of need (because there are so many different positions), so there still could be a franchise player in the second half of the first round (except for QB I guess). In hockey, all the star players might be gone after the first 5 picks, which would be even more obvious with 20 year olds than 18 year olds. For example, no way we get Caufield in 2019 after having a decent team that actually tried to make the playoffs.
 
GrandWazoo said:
Your lack of imagination keeps impressing me.

Besides the very obvious comment that there is so many options and nuances between the current situation and what you are describing, I actually don’t mind at all a system that have slight benefits, and it needs to be slight, for the big market teams that are funding the rest of the league.
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The Leafs have won only 1 playoff round since the cap was introduced. Proof positive that the system is working perfectly and does not need to be altered.
 
GEEMAN said:
NHL has to have a salary cap ,no way around it

NFL is the best run sports league by a mile but the system allows all teams to compete on a level playing field with massive league revenues

Players dont care where they play, the draft produces instant plug/play players

MLB has teams that dont give a shit about winning , they cant compete and still make money

League is a fucken joke from top to bottom
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NFL is unique. A salary cap, no guaranteed contracts and a TV deal so rich they don't even need to sell tickets. The NHL still relies on bums in seats to make a buck. And it definitely has a bunch of teams in cities which many players find undesirable, and Montreal is high on that list.
 
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou said:
NFL is unique. A salary cap, no guaranteed contracts and a TV deal so rich they don't even need to sell tickets. The NHL still relies on bums in seats to make a buck. And it definitely has a bunch of teams in cities which many players find undesirable, and Montreal is high on that list.
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Yup the NHL cant run without a hard salary cap

1/3 of the league is healthy , a few middle class , and 1/3 are dogs

League simply doesnt generate enough money

What it needs is a better system with fewer trade clauses , shorter contracts , and a lower buyout

Owners are dickheads handing the players everything leaving them with no flexibility
 
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I don’t think anyone is arguing against the salary cap. That part is working. But allow the teams more flexibility on how to manage it.
 
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A lot of condos are "55 plus" or "adult only" but that's changing because it can be challenged legally. The same holds true in the case of the draft. Once a person is 18 they are legally an adult and for a sports league to say that no one under 21 is allowed is limiting a player's right to earn a living.
 
Hoiles said:
In football, though, teams tend to draft out of need (because there are so many different positions), so there still could be a franchise player in the second half of the first round (except for QB I guess). In hockey, all the star players might be gone after the first 5 picks, which would be even more obvious with 20 year olds than 18 year olds. For example, no way we get Caufield in 2019 after having a decent team that actually tried to make the playoffs.
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Cole dropped because of his size and that would still weigh heavily at 20
 
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou said:
A lot of condos are "55 plus" or "adult only" but that's changing because it can be challenged legally. The same holds true in the case of the draft. Once a person is 18 they are legally an adult and for a sports league to say that no one under 21 is allowed is limiting a player's right to earn a living.
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Then why hasn’t anyone challenged the NFL?
 
GrandWazoo said:
There should be, but not as much as it is now. I stated my proposal many times before, and it’s a small tweak on the current system, cut it down to 50% of the remaining contract and allow the team to spread the penalty as they like. For example buy out Gallagher and take a 10M cap hit penalty next year and be done with it.
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100 percent of the salary, 50 percent of cap hit spread out however you like but no longer than double the contract
 
Sal_Butera said:
Then why hasn’t anyone challenged the NFL?
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Because the NFL is the NFL. The NFL could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and get away with it.

But the NBA didn't get away with it. When LeBron decided he wanted to play pro basketball at 18 instead of going to college and pretending to be a student he was able to do that, which is why NCAA basketball is now largely irrelevant because no one who's any good stays more than a year.

The NHL had to lower their minimum age because the WHA was poaching players like Gretzky and Mark Howe in their teens.
 
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