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Originally Posted by Beatle17
You understand that $81.5 is the high end of the salary RANGE correct? The mid point is approximately $65M so 50% of HRR would be $2.08B. If the players receive more than that then the escrow kicks in. HRR has been approximately $4.2B per year and that is why the players have to pay back the money. Maybe the NHLPA and their agents should explain the math to the players.
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Powderjunkie asked for an example of a scenario so I gave an example, there are a number of other scenarios where it could happen as well. Use any number for player salaries, if combined they add up to less than 50% of HRR, I have not seen anything in this MOU that would require the league to split the difference with the players as they previously would have been required to do.
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The more teams spend to the salary cap, to meet player demands, the higher the escrow amount and the players have used the 5% raise many years. The league owners understand it doesn't matter if they all spend to the cap because they will be getting their money back.
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What does any of this have to do with the MOU that takes all of those factors out of the equation? Escrow is now set at a fixed rate and there is no more escalator as the cap is also set at a fixed rate.