I’m really glad to see that you got your caps lock fixed. sweet.

You’re right, as per the CBA, my example there was bad. I stand corrected.

But for real, you stopped by, first, to complain about the premise of the article…then, came by 3 more times to shoot down subsequent discussion that came from it.

You’re clearly knowledgeable about hockey…

but can you put reality on hold for a few minutes and enjoy yourself?…get creative, build on ideas…think outside the box…that kind of stuff?

You’re capable of bringing a lot more to the table than just shooting down ideas.

You say that technically the largest salary you could pay a single player in a season would be about $55 million, if you had 2 players on your team, 27.5m, etc.
Nothing personal intended here but you might want to review the CBA. No player may be eligible to contract for or receive in excess of 20% of the Club’s upper limit in total annual compensation. Now Krundle is saying the cap would be $20 million which no player which is a member of the NHLPA would ever support. This is pretty silly especially when you think it out a bit. The players would start their own league. People tend to forget that we missed a year of hockey so that the owners could set a cap at $21.5 million (U.S.) at the lower limit and $39 million (U.S.) at the upper limit. They cried poor-mouth and some projected the cap would go down. That’s why I’m saying the entire idea is pretty silly.

With the $20 million cap that I am proposing, Crosby & Malkin’s salary would not count against the cap because the Penguins drafted them. Staal, Fluery and the rest of the Penguin players that were drafted by the Penguins do not count against the $20 million cap.

Satans salary would count against my proposed cap, as would Kunitz, Guerin, Sykora, Dupuis, and the rest of the players that the Penguins did not draft.

I understand the global reality of such a major paycut…the exodus from the nhl that we’d see…we’d have the AHL, at best.

Think about what the Penguin’s roster would look like with a $20mil cap…salaries structured as they are.

We’d have Crosby, Malkin, and Satan.

With an incentive based contract structure, you could pay players just about anything, but it would be directly connected to their performance and the terms of their individual contract.

But for some reason i have to add again…this is idealism and romantic notions…and just mine at that.

It’s tough to respond to your comments about my hypothetical idea…

We have a salary cap already…technically the largest salary you could pay a single player in a season would be about $55 million, if you had 2 players on your team, 27.5m, etc.

What i’m suggesting is making the cap lower…just like what was already suggested…except A LOT lower.

So you have to decide, at what number does communism begin?

My argument is, as DR Hook put it, To have teams in the NHL in a small market.

It’s idealistic and unrealistic…but pretty much all of this is.

also…the $88 million you cite; that went into someone’s pocket…that’s not going to go towards programs and building a new infrastructure…

And therefore the reason why the player’s would form a union. There are always two-sides to these things and one side is that the owners have already proved given the opportunity many chose to screw the player.
If the argument is to have teams in the NHL in a small market it’s a good one. If it’s about the NHL as a business and the players as their own business the smaller markets have to be twice as smart to complete. Is that bad? Only for the smaller markets.

IF IT WAS ALL ABOUT MONEY MAYBE THE NEUROSURGEON SHOULD HAVE BECOME A HOCKEY PLAYER. AS TO LIMITING CONTRACTS TO $100K I HOPE THAT ISN’T AS DEEP AS YOU’RE THINKING GETS. HOWEVER, THERE IS A RUMOUR THEY DO THAT WITH THE GOVERNMENT TEAMS IN CHINA. EVEN RUSSIA HAS COME OUT OF COMMUNISM! CZECH OUT THOSE KHL SALARIES.
GEEZ – THIS IS AMERICA AND (NOT TO PUT DOWN DOCTORS) BUT UNTIL THE NEXT TIME YOU HEAR OF A NEUOSURGEON ATTRACTING A CROWD OF AROUND 20,000 PAYING $50 PLUS FOR A TICKET, $8 A BEER, AND $12 TO PARK THEIR CAR TO SEE ONE OF HIS/HER OPERATIONS THERE SHOULD BE NO COMPLAINTS.
THE 103 SELLOUTS HAVE BROUGHT IN APPROX.- $88 MILLION JUST IN TICKET PRICES. NOW THIS IS HOW BUSINESSES ARE SUPPOSED TO WORK. NO STIMULUS PACKAGE REQUIRED.

The reward of pro hockey should be 1. that you’re talented enough to be wanted. and 2. that you can actually get paid to play sports.

Teams cover travel expenses, food, lodging during the season…

Contracts should be for no more than 100k guaranteed. Incentives out the wazoo…and that should be between a player and his employing organization.

No more talk about teams moving, small market, etc.

Down with Hockey!!!!

THAT TICKET PRICE CAP ———– WE’LL NEVER SEE THAT. BETWEEN THAT AND THE $8 DRAFTS I THINK IT’S EASY TO SEE THAT IT’S A BUSINESS.
ON A SIDE NOTE: FOR A GOOD LAUGH THEY CHARGED $9 FOR A SOUVENIR PLASTIC FLEETWOOD MAC CUPS THE OTHER NIGHT!

I disagree with malore, I think the NHL needs to go the route of non-guarenteed contracts.