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Originally Posted by Itse
Yeah I think that's an inescapable conclusion.
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It always seemed unsustainable to me that the NHL went for a salary cap that the average team could afford, but without significant enough revenue sharing. Sure, it helped create competitive balance on the ice, but it basically allows the rich teams to get richer, and the poor teams to beg for public assistance and count on local TV deals that paid way too much money compared to the actual number of people watching games.
I suspect that the cap actually increased overall salaries more than they would have wihtout a cap. It also makes it very tough to correct the salaries to what the market should be.