Almost there. Some honest reporting..
Well it sounds like they are doing what they said would never be done. They may have a deal sometime on Wednesday. Gary Bettman will get the salary cap that he totally wasnt asking for from the start of negotiations. Goodenow will give him that cap that he said the players would NEVER accept. Folks, we may have some hockey soon.
Know what that means? RUMORS! With the cap and the possibility that a bunch of teams will have to get under the cap, this means there will be some movement of some of the bigger names in the game. Mostly the older expendable ones like the John LeClairs and such.
Some teams will have a ton of room under what will likely be around a $45 million cap. With decent players being available at discout red tag prices, this could bring promise to some of the bottom feeder teams. Teams like the Rangers saw this coming. By dumping most of their big name or overpriced "talent" at last years trade deadline, they cleared room to aquire a Keith Tkachuk, Doug Weight, John LeClair (or any other need at a bargain trade price), after the CBA was solved and the league got its cap. Teams like the Penguins and Panthers may benefit from this also, as they too can get such players that would have never came to their team before this cap situation. Players will run out of choices to get their money from. Players will now HAVE TO sign with the lower echelon teams, simply because no other team can afford them. This could help the league. It spreads the talent around a lil more.
Sure, it'd be better if the league contracted first, so players would not only run out of choices, but also be forced to take LESS money, as their worth would drop down a bit. Less teams would be willing to over-pay for that mid range free agent. They'd have to take less money and go to what ever team would take them. It would make good teams great and ok teams better. With the system that is coming in, it will be less great teams, and more mediocre teams. The entire NHL product will suffer. Less talented players will get more ice-time simply because teams will have to fill rosters within the payroll allowance. Teams like Colorado wont be super teams anymore. Teams like Toronto wont be as deep. But the Caps will have a 2nd line center playing on the first line!!! YAY! How this will help the NHL... i dont know. But atleast they are possibly gonna play.
Thanks to Disco Mouth.
So stay tuned. Hopefully the bullshit will resume.
P.S. please leave some more comments, so I can see if that counter thing at the bottom is actually working. I didnt know there were that many visitors.
Know what that means? RUMORS! With the cap and the possibility that a bunch of teams will have to get under the cap, this means there will be some movement of some of the bigger names in the game. Mostly the older expendable ones like the John LeClairs and such.
Some teams will have a ton of room under what will likely be around a $45 million cap. With decent players being available at discout red tag prices, this could bring promise to some of the bottom feeder teams. Teams like the Rangers saw this coming. By dumping most of their big name or overpriced "talent" at last years trade deadline, they cleared room to aquire a Keith Tkachuk, Doug Weight, John LeClair (or any other need at a bargain trade price), after the CBA was solved and the league got its cap. Teams like the Penguins and Panthers may benefit from this also, as they too can get such players that would have never came to their team before this cap situation. Players will run out of choices to get their money from. Players will now HAVE TO sign with the lower echelon teams, simply because no other team can afford them. This could help the league. It spreads the talent around a lil more.
Sure, it'd be better if the league contracted first, so players would not only run out of choices, but also be forced to take LESS money, as their worth would drop down a bit. Less teams would be willing to over-pay for that mid range free agent. They'd have to take less money and go to what ever team would take them. It would make good teams great and ok teams better. With the system that is coming in, it will be less great teams, and more mediocre teams. The entire NHL product will suffer. Less talented players will get more ice-time simply because teams will have to fill rosters within the payroll allowance. Teams like Colorado wont be super teams anymore. Teams like Toronto wont be as deep. But the Caps will have a 2nd line center playing on the first line!!! YAY! How this will help the NHL... i dont know. But atleast they are possibly gonna play.
Thanks to Disco Mouth.
So stay tuned. Hopefully the bullshit will resume.
P.S. please leave some more comments, so I can see if that counter thing at the bottom is actually working. I didnt know there were that many visitors.
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