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Originally Posted by Kipper_3434
I dream of the day that cap hits are spoken of only in cap % , for sakes of contract comparison and statistics. Crosby making 8.7 when he won the cup is like a player today making 12m.
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The distribution of salaries under the cap has also changed, which makes that comparison meaningless. When Crosby won that championship, there were a fair number of players making similar money. Today, only one player in the entire league is paid over $12 million.
Over the years that the cap has been in place, teams have learned not to pay a single player so much that it weakens the rest of the roster. In the abstract, top stars are worth more money than they're getting. In reality, there's a limit to what teams are willing to spend on stars, because a star is worth very little without a good supporting cast.