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Originally Posted by CroFlames
The way I view it is that the money is already there. The NHL is making billions.
If the players aren't making the big bucks, it's the already fat owners who get fatter. But make no mistake, the money is there.
I'd rather see the players get it since they ARE the product. I got no problem with players scratching and clawing for max dollars instead of the owners just getting more of it.
Having said that, there is a salary cap. So these holdouts are pointless and just hurt club and player.
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Owners arent "getting more" of anything. The only dollars the player gets above what the team wants to pay them are coming from their teammates.
Its a 50/50 split regardless of the amount.
And there is no where for the players to make their money they do without the owners themselves...and they are the ones that take all the risk monetarily. If McDavid blows his knee out worse than he did last year, its possible Katz would have to pay him 90 million dollars for nothing.