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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Teams would likely score a lot more on the powerplay without the blue line. I don't have a lot of issues with cherry picking because there are consequences for losing possession of the puck with a forward up ice so that evens out.
Removing the salary cap would pretty well be the end of the Jets, Senators, and even maybe Flames and things would go back to teams like the Rangers simply buying teams as they already have the advantage of a lot of players wanting to play in that market. I'm sure teams with infinite money resources like the Hawks and Kings who have recently circumvented the salary cap would love it to be abolished.
This is simply not a well thought out piece written by someone that likely has never played the game or been around it all his life.
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The NHL business model is kind of terrible. Almost a third of the teams are losing money with no hope of every making money. Business wise, the salary cap has been a windfall for the Rangers, Leafs, etc, but has made it very hard for the bottom third revenue teams to make ends meet. Add in the fact that players hate it, and they are headed towards even more labor stoppages, I don't get how anyone can see it as anything but broken.