Cap circumvention Nikita Kucherov

[GGG]

Originally Posted by powderjunkie

How do you figure?

Bad teams can get better returns for their assets and it keeps fans more engaged. Shrewd teams leverage their cap space effectively

And LTIR is the only place where tweaks are needed.

I don't know anything about the salary cap in NFL, but if you put a player on IR they are done for the season. The NHL already has IR and LTIR (TBH I've never dug into the difference)...doesn't seem like it would be hard to implement a rule where you 'earn' playoff eligibility for contracts over a certain threshold.

The trade deadline shortens windows and increases the high and low cycles.

So a team that is a contender gives up future assets to add extra short term assets. You are less competitive if you don’t. So cup contenders add. This causes their farm system to be depleted and eventually lead to there run ending.

On the other side teams that acquire multiple first round picks increase the chances of having multiple impact players. Over multiple years this leads to having more high quality players which causes them to overshoot and become a contender AND those who don’t follow this add and rebuild process won’t win.

So in general it increases the height of the cycles teams go through and as opposed to managing to be competitive over years you encourage the tank.

For a far worse version of it the NBA buyout market is even more ridiculous

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by GGG

The trade deadline shortens windows and increases the high and low cycles.

So a team that is a contender gives up future assets to add extra short term assets. You are less competitive if you don’t. So cup contenders add. This causes their farm system to be depleted and eventually lead to there run ending.

On the other side teams that acquire multiple first round picks increase the chances of having multiple impact players. Over multiple years this leads to having more high quality players which causes them to overshoot and become a contender AND those who don’t follow this add and rebuild process won’t win.

So in general it increases the height of the cycles teams go through and as opposed to managing to be competitive over years you encourage the tank.

For a far worse version of it the NBA buyout market is even more ridiculous

Fair assessment. There isn't a gun to anybody's head at the TDL, and the biggest trades rarely pay off (at least to the cup).

Superteams are fun. The NBA is a bit ridiculous, but it's also fun. For a lot of people (myself included) the wheeling/dealing is often more interesting/intriguing than the product on the ice.