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Originally Posted by kermitology
That Walsh interview is interesting, but he ends that segment going off on a tangent about the salary cap which is the reason why I'm blocked by him on Twitter.
He argues that the reason we can't retain stars is because of "Gary's Cap." But we all know what happened prior to the salary cap for teams like Calgary, and Florida.. the moment a player had the ability to leave and get paid a bonkers salary by a team like the NYR that could afford a $100M payroll while a team like Calgary could only afford $30M in salary.
The cap evened that playing field from a perspective of talent distribution. So if that's a message for fans we have to ask ourselves, what's more important - having talented players that change teams - or a more even chance to win the Stanley Cup. The best versions of the Flames that I've seen are all post-cap era. Yes, teams like 88 - 94 were better, but that was also a completely different era.
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The NHL has the best salary cap in the major sports leagues in North America IMO.
Only thing I would change is allowing teams to have more flexibility around trading cap, and retaining salary.
If a player has 4 years left on a deal I should be able to say I'd retain for only the first year, or the 1st and 2nd year. I shouldn't have to retain for the entire deal.
And honestly teams should be able to trade up to a certain amount of cap ($5M for example).
If Arizona wants to send the NYR $5M of cap space in 2022-2023 for a 2nd round pick they should be able to do that.