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Originally Posted by Macho0978
It's going to get worse too.
Players aren't giving discounts after losing big money during COVID. Cap also probably should be much higher but there is an escalator clause of 5%.
Faber got $8 mil - 22 and 47 point rookie year
Jarvis got $8 mil - 22 and 67 points
Berniers got $7 mil - 21 and 37 points (57 rookie year)
Swayman wants $10 mil never played 50 games in a season(likely gets less tha $10 mil)
What will Bouchard get? It's possible with the playoffs he had and the regular season he could as for $12 mil. Doubt it goes that high, but it will be north of Nurse and likely $10.5 or more.
Detroit won the cup in 08 with Lidstrom, Rafalski and Datsyuk making just over 40% of the cap. Not sure if any other team has done that with 3 players making that much.
If the cap hits $92.5 mil next year, Bouchard, McDavid and Leon will be making at least 40% (assuming $10.5 mil for Bouchard). Add Campbell buyout and Nurse and it's 52.5%. You need some impact ELC's to manage this.
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NHL's strategy is clear. Expansion...there are no NHL teams in Houston, Atlanta, Phoenix, and Cleveland that have MLB teams, and NBA teams. Orlando, Sacramento, San Antonio and Memphis all have NBA teams but no NHL team.
At $2bn per new team, the current owners have a plan. With the expansion rules re-done after Vegas, the new teams have been accretive to HRR. It can't go forever, but that won't stop them for running this plan out for the rest of the decade.