Hiller Hotseat Thread

King of Pentacle5 said:
FA’s get screwed by the highest tax rate in the US for ‘millionaires’. WTH would they want to come here and deal with losing income that they could be keeping in another state?

It’s the same argument from years ago about the $CAD vs $USD. Players were paid the same numerical amount, but the $USD had more value. So playing in Canada meant potentially losing money they could be making playing for a US team.
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Different currency shouldn't matter. Cap is defined in USD, which you then convert to CAD for paying the player in an exchange rate that applies at the time of transaction. The player could then convert it to USD or Swedish Krona or Rubles or whatever...

But cap defines a gross salary, so local tax laws DO matter.
 
Bollocks said:
Different currency shouldn't matter. Cap is defined in USD, which you then convert to CAD for paying the player in an exchange rate that applies at the time of transaction. The player could then convert it to USD or Swedish Krona or Rubles or whatever...

But cap defines a gross salary, so local tax laws DO matter.
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Reminder: the Dodgers just signed two more premier free agents this offseason.

Every star player on the Dodgers has the same tax rate as the stars on Kings. For some strange reason one team gets ever star they want while the other has to pay 3rd pairing D-men 5M a year.
 
When you make $50 large a year, the tax hit is large, however, after how many million do you keep tabs. When you make under 12 large you might look at the tax hit as a hinderance? Idon’t know, I’m not in their category.
 
ICE24 said:
When you make $50 large a year, the tax hit is large, however, after how many million do you keep tabs. When you make under 12 large you might look at the tax hit as a hinderance? Idon’t know, I’m not in their category.
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It is a matter of perspective. As someone who sees the sport stars earnings as diabolically high it all seems petty. But what do I know and in the end - I don't get to decide and you can't force someone to decide either way. You can, however, try to convince them signing here will have considerable benefits on other levels, both from compete aspect (strong team, desirable playstyle/coach, other stars) to other money earning opportunities (of which there aren't many for hockey players in CA)...so, yeah, the Kings simply don't have much to offer to UFAs.
 
Bollocks said:
Different currency shouldn't matter. Cap is defined in USD, which you then convert to CAD for paying the player in an exchange rate that applies at the time of transaction. The player could then convert it to USD or Swedish Krona or Rubles or whatever...

But cap defines a gross salary, so local tax laws DO matter.
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I was referring to the issue where Canadian teams had to pay more $CAD salary to match the value of the $USD salary. The exchange rate was terrible in the 90s and a lot of Canadian teams couldn’t pay what US teams could pay. The salary cap introduced in 2005 helped fix this parity.
 
ICE24 said:
When you make $50 large a year, the tax hit is large, however, after how many million do you keep tabs. When you make under 12 large you might look at the tax hit as a hinderance? Idon’t know, I’m not in their category.
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They have accountants whose job it is to look
 
I saw one of these trucks driving around today.

It was a sign.

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I’ve been thinking about this and last seasons rosters and asking myself “who is a Jim Hiller style player. Which players are thriving in his system?”

I came up with 3.
Gavrikov
Edmundson
Kemper

That’s it. Maybe Joel Armia will be #4 but if I asked this question at the same time last season I would’ve included Foegele.

And of those 3 players one of those guys decided he didn’t want a second season under Hiller.

Unbelievable.
 
Statue4Deano said:
I’ve been thinking about this and last seasons rosters and asking myself “who is a Jim Hiller style player. Which players are thriving in his system?”

I came up with 3.
Gavrikov
Edmundson
Kemper

That’s it. Maybe Joel Armia will be #4 but if I asked this question at the same time last season I would’ve included Foegele.

And of those 3 players one of those guys decided he didn’t want a second season under Hiller.

Unbelievable.
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It's really a system that any defenseman and goalie should thrive in, and any forward should wilt in.

That said, I would add Forsberg to that list with an honorable mention going to Spence (who Hiller apparently wanted to get rid of).
 
I'm convinced Hiller's staying until Summer. This season is done. I don't think the front office sees enough reason to buy at the deadline and doesn't think a shakeup will lead to the playoffs. I have to agree on that. The team hasn't given ownership any reason to invest further into this broken system. I expect a small sell off, and then a shakeup in June.
 
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