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Insane_Flame · 05-18-2017, 01:29 PM

I was just thinking about the Ben Bishop signing. I have heard opinions like if he were to have signed here it would have been around 6 million due to Calgary's higher income taxes. Do you guys think it would be reasonable for the league to offset individual cities salary caps based on that cities tax rates. So the higher the taxes paid, the higher the salary cap would be. Maybe I am missing something but it would seem like a fair way to keep the markets equally desirable, at least as far as money is concerned.

Just bored at work and daydreaming.

05-18-2017, 01:29 PM	#1
Insane_Flame Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Oct 2016 Exp:	THOUGHTS? Balanced Salary Cap. I was just thinking about the Ben Bishop signing. I have heard opinions like if he were to have signed here it would have been around 6 million due to Calgary's higher income taxes. Do you guys think it would be reasonable for the league to offset individual cities salary caps based on that cities tax rates. So the higher the taxes paid, the higher the salary cap would be. Maybe I am missing something but it would seem like a fair way to keep the markets equally desirable, at least as far as money is concerned. Just bored at work and daydreaming.