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Originally Posted by omelete
Seems reasonable enough, but there's a couple of tricky caveats to make it work for the NHL.
First, the NHLPA would need to give up the escalator. Increases to the cap would need to be based solely on reasonably expected increases to HRR. Given how vulnerable HRR can be to the value of the Canadian dollar the league might even push for clauses allowing for a cap decrease if it looks like HRR might fall if the CAD is struggling.
Second, if such a setup was introduced I imagine ( looking at the numbers above ) that the cap in the first year would be significantly lower than it is now. Let alone what it might be in a couple of years.
I'm not sure the NHLPA would be happy with either of those situations.
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Not to mention, in an environment where the players could end up with more than what the CBA dictates as "their share" (due to a max escrow), I would expect the owners would probably expect the 50/50 split to become 55/45 in their favor (at least).
All told, that's probably a lot to swallow for the NHLPA to get a cap on escrow.