Quoting: DiehardRedWingsFan58
Name me one good reason? Why Tyler Johnson would leave a State where he doesn't pay taxes to another where he'd pay the highest taxes in the Country, No freaking way is he waiving for any California team.
I would have like this post three times if I could!!!
This is the BIGGEST non-hockey related reality that most ACGMs aren't taking into real consideration. 20-21 and likely 21-22 will be a flat cap, and escrows will be doubled. Players can only get 50% of HRR and they're well over this amount right now. 20-21 will be a pro-rated year with 56 games being considered. That means that players will make less AND have to escrow more. Now, California has a 13.3% state income tax rate and Florida has zero. That means that TJ would pay an additional $665,000 x 4 to taxes in order to go to SJ. It's not like SJ gives him a real shot at another ring.
This is a tough sell to any Tampa player with this being a very unusual year. You can bet that player agents are telling Tampa that their client will only waive if the tax consequences are minimal, such as:
Dallas (no cap space)
Vegas (negative cap space)
Nash (2% tax, and has lots of cap space)
Pitts (3.07%, $1.3M cap space)
Phil (3.07% $2.26M cap space, but only 20 contracts)
Det (4.25%, and has lots of cap space)
PHX (4.54%, no cap space)
COL (4.63%, $1.8M cap space, but only 20 contracts)
That's pretty much it. All other states are above 5%....and let's not even talk about Canada!!