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LeafsForLife

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Forum: NHL Signings15 avr. à 1 h 31
Sujet: Anaheim Ducks signed Cutter Gauthier (3 Years / $1,900,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>kckrebs</b></div><div>Yeah I guess you're right man, it's just a game. I mean, why are we talking about any of this like it matters at all? Why do you have 1400 posts on a NHL contract website? Why do we even have an NHL draft in the first place? We should just let these teenagers decide where they want to become millionaires playing a children's game that we unabashedly throws hundreds if not thousands of dollars towards year in and year out. But just quit being bitter because I have no skin in the game lol right because fans don't mean anything in sports...</div></div>

1400 posts since Febuary 2024 and telling another fan to not take something too seriously is actually hilarious :tearsofjoy
Forum: Toronto Maple Leafs11 avr. à 20 h 30
Sujet: Leafs 2023 2024 Season Discussion Part 6 - Nearly Playoffs
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>oneX</b></div><div>Hamilton was an option for Balsile but if I'm remembering correctly, he actually wanted to move the team to Kitchener-Waterloo.

Remember NYI ownership issues before Charles Wong took over? Yeah disastrous.

Before Pittsburgh got Crosby/Malkin/the new arena there was talk of the Penguins leaving Pittsburgh.

Before Terry Pegula took over the Buffalo Sabres, they heading towards relocation too.

All under Gary Bettman. It's time...move on Gary.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>oneX</b></div><div>Hamilton was an option for Balsile but if I'm remembering correctly, he actually wanted to move the team to Kitchener-Waterloo.

Remember NYI ownership issues before Charles Wong took over? Yeah disastrous.

Before Pittsburgh got Crosby/Malkin/the new arena there was talk of the Penguins leaving Pittsburgh.

Before Terry Pegula took over the Buffalo Sabres, they heading towards relocation too.

All under Gary Bettman. It's time...move on Gary.</div></div>

Agree completely. But remember Bettman is an employee of the owners. I don't know why the the majority of owners haven't fired or just not renewed Bettman's contract for decades.
When Bettman became NHL commish, the NBA and the NHL had the same revenues. I don't care what others say, under Bettman the NHL had fallen way behind in fan support (revenue streams) in North America compared to other pro sports .
Forum: Other Leagues3 avr. à 16 h 33
Sujet: AHL-ECHL Teams/NHL Affiliations
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>LeafsForLife</b></div><div>I agree. The ECHL could not have done anything else wrong. First of all, I would have assumed that the ECHL would have had rules in place to prevent the same organization from owning multiple franchises and a Conflict of Interest. We saw that the NHL forced Andlauer to sell his stake in the Habs before taking ownership of the Sens. Second, it should have been 3Rivers that ceased operations because they were the ones that owned money. The Growlers should not have been a casualty of 3Rivers mismanagement.
Third, the Growlers had been around for longer and actually had success winning Division titles, a conference title, and a Kelly Cup, while 3R just started a few years ago and has struggled to make the playoffs.</div></div>

I agree with everything you've said, additionally, the Growlers have a better attendance in general to go along with it.
Forum: NHL12 mars à 8 h 17
Sujet: The NHL needs to change these things
In my opinion, the salary cap imbalance is the biggest challenge facing the NHL. Welcome to your new future where each of the panthers, lightning, knights, and stars have an extremely high chance of reaching the conference finals, and if you’re Canadian, go f yourself. This year, next year, the next, and the next. Meanwhile, franchises that actually make money are then paying into profit sharing while paying 20% more for each player contract. Every July 1st and trade deadline will be centric to the income tax free states, as most players seemingly want the benefits more than not.

The hard salary cap is an extremely valuable thing to the ownership groups.

Since it is skewing the parity between teams due to differences in taxation, lifestyle, the salary cap is actively making the league one-sided, the opposite of the public facing function of the salary cap. The thing that is thought of to exist to create parity is doing the opposite. The actual purpose of the cap is solely to reduce player compensation. Parity is not the goal or the actual result. It is the justification to suppress wages. It won’t exist if its justification collapses.

The owners will either address this fast or they’ll lose the hard cap. The league is already playing in a college stadium. I don’t think they can afford this path. I predict the nhl is bankrupt within 4 years of removing the hard cap. One offseason with a luxury tax is fine, maybe two. But greed and fomo by the 3rd will set so many precedents that 2/3 of the teams will have no viable financial path forward by the 4th.