Kin
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Exciting stuff, I know. Feel free to discuss the upcoming CBA here. Predictions and so on.
I think that the have not teams are going to be satisfied with an overall rollback in salaries, as I'm pretty confident in them being whiny enough to demand both a drop in their salary obligations and keeping the parity structure intact.
Likewise, I'm pretty confident that most of the bigger market clubs will be more than happy to cut down on their salary obligations as well.
It may not be as punitive as it was last lockout and maybe as the League goes for a reduction in the player's cut from 57 to 47% they give the bigger clubs breathing room by also demanding an immediate cut in player salaries to match it.
Basically, I don't think you'll go broke betting on the the NHL to engage in a naked cash grab.
I think we'll see the reduction plus an increase in revenue sharing look after the smaller teams here. Remember that Gary Bettman has been pretty good in getting teams around the league to toe the party line. If there was a time for big market clubs to not knuckle under, it was in 04-05. This is just more of the same that will line their pockets even more. 7-10% of hockey revenue for the Maple Leafs is a pretty hefty chunk of change.
Ask and ye shall receive.
Corn Flake said:I think this needs a separate thread to get into much further and I was just throwing out some thoughts on the subject since it was mentioned.
The league might like the high floor to encourage parity but how many "have not" owners will be at the table demanding more breathing room, at the same time I'm not sure the teams loaded to the gills with contracts and happy to spend to the cap are going to agree to drop the ceiling by $10 or more mil and then probably asked to drop millions more into revenue sharing.
I think that the have not teams are going to be satisfied with an overall rollback in salaries, as I'm pretty confident in them being whiny enough to demand both a drop in their salary obligations and keeping the parity structure intact.
Likewise, I'm pretty confident that most of the bigger market clubs will be more than happy to cut down on their salary obligations as well.
It may not be as punitive as it was last lockout and maybe as the League goes for a reduction in the player's cut from 57 to 47% they give the bigger clubs breathing room by also demanding an immediate cut in player salaries to match it.
Basically, I don't think you'll go broke betting on the the NHL to engage in a naked cash grab.
Corn Flake said:I think at the rate revenue is climbing its far greater than they originally anticipated when they signed this deal and at some point it puts too much strain on the lower end clubs who probably aren't seeing any revenue increases (some maybe even less than in 2005)
I think we'll see the reduction plus an increase in revenue sharing look after the smaller teams here. Remember that Gary Bettman has been pretty good in getting teams around the league to toe the party line. If there was a time for big market clubs to not knuckle under, it was in 04-05. This is just more of the same that will line their pockets even more. 7-10% of hockey revenue for the Maple Leafs is a pretty hefty chunk of change.
Corn Flake said:Anyway.. do we have another thread for this already?
Ask and ye shall receive.