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Originally Posted by Bingo
This isn't the place for this discussion, but it pains me that another stoppage is coming and the players are going to do it over the escrow which is needed in any 50/50 split arrangement.
Seems like they're just not informed on the topic.
Challenge some HRR classifications for sure, but escrow is a necessary evil whether it's held back and corrected or adjusted the next season.
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Here is an article I found with possible tweaks to escrow that may be coming:
https://www.nhlnumbers.com/2016/8/12...ern-in-the-nhl
The relevant excerpt:
I suspect the 2019 CBA will seek to reduce or eliminate the cap escalator. The cap escalator creates an artificial increase to the salary cap limits without actually backing it up with increase HRR. This encourages salary inflation, especially as more and more teams are spending above the midpoint. And ultimately, this inflation only benefits players signing onto new deals while simultaneously reducing the effective salaries of everyone else in the league already under contract. Every year, the NHLPA should be about 80% against the cap escalator if they decide to vote out of personal benefit.
Lastly, I expect the salary cap limits calculations to change. If the league reduces the amount that the ceiling is over the current “Midpoint of the Salary Cap Range”, then escrow will be reduced and salaries on new contracts will be in line with a lower escrow world. I would personally maintain the relative size of the range, which would mean the Midpoint would instead become a “Set Point.” I figure making the limits 80% and 110% of the Set Point would be a step in the right direction. That change would likely drop escrow down by about a third.