Around The League - 2024-25 Regular Season

[GrandWazoo]

It's a terrible idea and also an impossible one. The relegation model works in Europe because there's such a steep difference between to good teams and the bad teams, and because of that, there isn't much of a difference between the shittiest team in division 1 and the best team in division 2. Another major problem: Soccer teams don't have the equivelent of "minor league franchises". So what happens if Team X from the NHL is relagated, and the Laval Rocket is brought into the NHL? Are those players suddenly ineligible to play for the Canadiens, despite us having their rights? Imagine Laval is part of the NHL next year and we can't call up Reinbacher, Mailloux, Beck and Dobes because of it.

The NHL's model is to control costs via a salary cap (it's not there for parity, as much as the media types would love to have you believe) and revenue sharing.

So imagine a team like Toronto / NYR being relagated with the $100M+ spent on their team & staff, and a team like Springfield and their $5M-10M spent on players & staff. Toronto & NYR will go bankrupt overnight and Springfield will make the shittiest expansion team in NHL history look like a juggernaut in comparison.

All this and it goes against what we're trying to address, the promotion/relegation system is terrible for parity, and it makes it even harder for bad teams to get better.

 

[GEEMAN]

Relegation is a terrible idea for the NHL

yup and hurts the cap

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

In what? NHL still makes a lot more money and has more fans than the MLS.

popularity

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

yup and hurts the cap

should abolish the cap

 

[GrandWazoo]

popularity

How do you measure it? Less viewership, attendance and revenues than NHL.

 

[GEEMAN]

should abolish the cap

Nope

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

Nope

yep

 

[GrandWazoo]

should abolish the cap

I think the cap is fine. Wouldn't mind some adjustments based on income tax differences though, but mostly I'd like more flexibility with buy outs.

 

[Habsy]

Franchise tag

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

Franchise tag

you should be able to sign one or two players to max deals which don't count toward the cap.

 

[GEEMAN]

n

you should be able to sign one or two players to max deals which don't count toward the cap.

nope

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

n

nope

you are entitled to be wrong and you are

 

[GEEMAN]

you are entitled to be wrong and you are

terrible idea for the league

 

[GrandWazoo]

you should be able to sign one or two players to max deals which don't count toward the cap.

It would be abused by agents and would throw the whole league salary structure in a destructive spin

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

It would be abused by agents and would throw the whole league salary structure in a destructive spin

needs to be a way out of a contract that isn't the bullshit buy out the NHL does

 

[GrandWazoo]

needs to be a way out of a contract that isn't the bullshit buy out the NHL does

Yes, just relax the buy out rules and penalties.

 

[GGpX]

I'm not for an NFL-style franchise tag. I am, however, for NFL-style unlimited free agency and basically eliminating restricted free agency.

 

[GrandWazoo]

I'm not for an NFL-style franchise tag. I am, however, for NFL-style unlimited free agency and basically eliminating restricted free agency.

I wouldn't go that far given the incredible cost and investment of drafting and developing players in the NHL, but I would relax the compensation a bit.

Because honestly if every player is a UFA after their entry level contract (assuming there is still one) I would trade every single one of my draft picks every year and just sign players.

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

MLS has surpassed the NHL

Surpassed how? I couldn't even name more than 3 MLS franchises and I've never watched a single game. The MLS is nearly as irrelevant as the WNBA.

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

popularity

MLS is not more popular than the NHL. "Soccer" may be the most popular sport, but even soccer fans know that the MLS is bullshit.

should abolish the cap

No.

The cap is doing what it needs to do: keep the Leafs mediocre indefinitely.