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Sidney Crosby's Hat · 12-07-2020, 12:36 PM

I feel like if the players don't defer additional money, the breakdown is going to be close to 100-0 in favour of the players for this season.

I do think that if that is the case, the owners are going to claw that back in a big way. When you consider how much the league has grown in revenue since 2013 (this CBA is seven years long), the cap in 2013 was $64 million so it grew almost $20 million or 30% since then. Seven years from now, the cap is still going to be $80-82 million if the players don't defer any money when it should probably be $100 million. Owners will be collectively up $640 million PLUS 6% escrow on top of that which is another $150 million.

So if NHL revenue in 2018-19 was 5 billion, assumption of 25% growth (which is conservative) means 6.25 billion. Players would get 2.75 billion of that and owners might get 3.75 which is an average of $35 million a team.

I also think that the players, once this is explained to them, will actually agree to defer some money. The consequence of it, really, is that players in the current 22-26 age bracket will never see a big payday in their entire career.

12-07-2020, 12:36 PM	#422
Sidney Crosby's Hat Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2001 Exp:	I feel like if the players don't defer additional money, the breakdown is going to be close to 100-0 in favour of the players for this season. I do think that if that is the case, the owners are going to claw that back in a big way. When you consider how much the league has grown in revenue since 2013 (this CBA is seven years long), the cap in 2013 was $64 million so it grew almost $20 million or 30% since then. Seven years from now, the cap is still going to be $80-82 million if the players don't defer any money when it should probably be $100 million. Owners will be collectively up $640 million PLUS 6% escrow on top of that which is another $150 million. So if NHL revenue in 2018-19 was 5 billion, assumption of 25% growth (which is conservative) means 6.25 billion. Players would get 2.75 billion of that and owners might get 3.75 which is an average of $35 million a team. I also think that the players, once this is explained to them, will actually agree to defer some money. The consequence of it, really, is that players in the current 22-26 age bracket will never see a big payday in their entire career.