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Originally Posted by MegaErtz
Of course Duncan Keith was picked up to avoid paying money. Katz can claim he's spending to the cap when in reality, he's going to pay this guy 3.6m total and claim 11m against the cap. There's a reason that Chicago didn't retain any salary and actually got a third round pick back. They traded a player who is clearly on the downside of his career but has a great contract.
It boggles my mind that Canadians can't see that they're being taken advantage of. Weber is 35 right now and under contract for FIVE more years. Do you really think he'll be an NHL player at age forty? No, but the Canadiens will only pay him one million in each of the final three years of his contract, but be able to claim to their fans that they're "spending to the cap" because he counts for $7.8m in salary.
https://www.spotrac.com/nhl/montreal...ea-weber-1859/
I've been a Flames fan for a long time and I remember when all of the big market American teams would just take the best players from Calgary, Edmonton, and Ottawa. Now these American teams use us as dumping grounds for their aging players because our owners are too cheap to shell out the cash and the fans are too stupid to realize they're being played. |
I fail to see how you are making the leap from this one deal that "Canadians" are being ripped off, and "our owners are too cheap to shell out the cash". Where else is this issue happening? You suggest Weber, but he was acquired 5 years ago and has been a damn good player for the Habs.
Who else? Have the Flames done it? Where are we being ripped off?
Also, have no American teams done it? Show us that it is a Canadian problem.
