Thread: Winter Classic Cancelled!!!

The NHLPA is a liability and must be traded.

And the owners are morans for letting the salaries get out of hand...again.

Bring the WHA back!

i miss the long beach ice dogs. :(

carry on.

Originally Posted by beedee

i miss the long beach ice dogs. :(

carry on.

That's who I spent my last lockout with.

Originally Posted by Surge:2598020

And the owners are morans for letting the salaries get out of hand...again.

Salaries weren't out of hand.
They were within the agreed upon limits determined by the last CBA.

Eh whatever... it's still football season at least. And college bball starting next week.

college bball? Seriously? you have to be a serious degenerate to derive enjoyment from that sport

Originally Posted by Bogey

Salaries weren't out of hand.
They were within the agreed upon limits determined by the last CBA.

Although the dollar amounts were within the limits, you can't tell me that some players didn't get waaaaaay overpaid. And I KNOW you are going to type it just to be a character, but seriously, Drury, Gomez, Brian Campbell, etc. You don't think THOSE salaries were out of hand? Just because it's "allowed" under the rules doesn't mean it's not stupid.

Originally Posted by ChilledAgua

Am I the only one here for whom this response makes absolutely no sense?

No, I wanted to post something mean to him but I dont think he will understand.

Originally Posted by FlyBono24

Eh whatever... it's still football season at least. And college bball starting next week.

Right!? I rather watch college b-ball all day err day bay-bay!

Originally Posted by boy1der

Although the dollar amounts were within the limits, you can't tell me that some players didn't get waaaaaay overpaid. And I KNOW you are going to type it just to be a character, but seriously, Drury, Gomez, Brian Campbell, etc. You don't think THOSE salaries were out of hand? Just because it's "allowed" under the rules doesn't mean it's not stupid.

First of all: the fact that some players were overpaid doesn't change anything. The CAP is the limit how much teams can spend. If the CAP was lower for a certain percent, then there could be zero teams losing money, but there could STILL be overpaid players, relatively to the others. And the sole point of CAP is to make the league fair, so what's the point of saying "if you don't have the money, don't overpay and spend to the CAP and let others get the players you might need"? This argument is therefore completely irrelevant.

Second of all: none of these players were given such contracts without any base. They were all very solid players who shat the bed later. It's not like the realistic value for them was 50% of what they got. They got around a million too much, but then performed like **** (which you can't predict). It's a risk, but it would be the same story with them having 1 million less per year. They would still present a major burden to the team.

And imagine this scenario: a team with the right mix of solid (but not star) players where none of them is overpaid doesn't reach the salary floor. What now? Owner's fault again?