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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Did you even look at the numbers?
Going by the Gavin tax calculator that Cheese linked to and that you tried to contradict: On a league minimum salary, every single U.S. market has lower income taxes than Calgary. For a roughly league-average salary of $3,000,000, every U.S. market outside California and New York is lower. (Yes, New Jersey too. And Buffalo, for that matter, where you don't have to pay New York City's municipal income tax.) The same remains true for Eichel money.
Cost of living is trivial if you're making several million dollars a year. If you're not a complete chump, most of your after-tax pay is going into investments at that point, and they cost the same amount to buy no matter where you live.
Some players want to play in New York or L.A. because they like the big-city lifestyle coupled with the anonymity of being a small attraction in a town full of big stars. They know they'll give up some take-home pay to do that. No Canadian market offers anything comparable in exchange for the high taxes.
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look closer before you spout off, but why would you change. Calgary/Edmonton are lower than all NY teams, all Cali teams, Mont/Tor/Winn/Vancouver/Ott. They are middle of the pack. Calgary/Edm on Eichels salary are $150.000 cheaper than NY and over $500,000 cheaper than Ontario.
That is more than Chump change, then factor in at least 3% less expensive in cost of living. Maybe you should read a little closer.