While driving up contract prices, the NHLPA could care less about 80% of their members, all they care about is driving up player contracts and guys spending to the upper cap limit.
- BigStew

Yeah we saw this from the lockouts, players making league minimums wanted to go back to work, & were considered "non brothers", to the high payed players.
But if your making league minimum, and dressing across a $52 m teammate, who signed a structure where you have to pay more escrow for him, what are you thinking?

The bigger question of the day should be is there really a fan of Columbus on Hockeybuzz ??

Yeah we saw this from the lockouts, players making league minimums wanted to go back to work, & were considered "non brothers", to the high payed players.
But if your making league minimum, and dressing across a $52 m teammate, who signed a structure where you have to pay more escrow for him, what are you thinking?
- puckhead17

Your thinking this is better than digging a ditch somewhere or flipping burgers at McDonalds.

All this money being tossed around, can't wait for the next lock out!
- Panthers88

that's on bettman and fehr



cap went up way too fast and did exactly the opposite of what the first lock out was suppose to fix

but don't worry, the expansion teams will put a 3 year band-aid on this mess

Nobody had a problem with Shea Weber making $14M a year for the first 4 years of his contract with $1M base salary for escrow, why the stink about ROR now? Get a clue.
- theblueandgold[/quote

Get a clue?
Then why are non of the other salaries this summer structured this way?
Because he has a genius agent, and all others aren't?

that's on bettman and fehr



cap went up way too fast and did exactly the opposite of what the first lock out was suppose to fix

but don't worry, the expansion teams will put a 3 year band-aid on this mess
- homiedclown

Hey I'm not blaming you guys. This little brat gets this type of money, what kind of money is a player like Kopitar gonna want next year? It'll snow ball from there.

The bigger question of the day should be is there really a fan of Columbus on Hockeybuzz ??
- metzeric

Johanesn>ROR

Johanesn>ROR
- blacksheep1

Eichel>Johanesn

that's on bettman and fehr



cap went up way too fast and did exactly the opposite of what the first lock out was suppose to fix

but don't worry, the expansion teams will put a 3 year band-aid on this mess
- homiedclown

I haven't been able to find it anywhere but does the expansion money go into the league revenue for cap calculation, my guess would be no but I haven't been able to find it. Of course I really haven't looked that hard for it.

I haven't been able to find it anywhere but does the expansion money go into the league revenue for cap calculation, my guess would be no but I haven't been able to find it. Of course I really haven't looked that hard for it.
- BigStew

goes in the owners pocket, probably 16-17 mil per team added

Nobody had a problem with Shea Weber making $14M a year for the first 4 years of his contract with $1M base salary for escrow, why the stink about ROR now? Get a clue.
- theblueandgold

Already mentioned that. Weber's deal is longer and in years 2016-22 the League gets to escrow out of 4 million dollar and 6 million dollar salary.

Your thinking this is better than digging a ditch somewhere or flipping burgers at McDonalds.
- BigStew

Not the point, I guess everyone forgets the last lockout, and all issues surrounding it.

Eichel>Johanesn
- homiedclown

When Eichel has 70 point season, let me know.

Johanesn>ROR
- blacksheep1

Yakupov>Murray

And that's really Saad

Rangers are gonna have to pay Stepan like $7.2 mil a year now.

Not the point, I guess everyone forgets the last lockout, and all issues surrounding it.
- puckhead17

sign a tv deal with espn

problem solved


no reason why nbc and espn can't both show games

Yakupov>Murray

And that's really Saad
- sbroads24

I see what you did there.

sign a tv deal with espn

problem solved


no reason why nbc and espn can't both show games
- homiedclown

Agreed!

sign a tv deal with espn

problem solved


no reason why nbc and espn can't both show games
- homiedclown

And miss out on Lebron's receding hair line?! HOW DARE YOU!

When Eichel has 70 point season, let me know.
- blacksheep1

with that logic, Gionta is better then Johansen


your better then that

Rangers are gonna have to pay Stepan like $7.2 mil a year now.
- Panthers88

And $40m of that in the first season, $1m each of the next 7 seasons
Why not, it's the Rangers.

Yakupov>Murray

And that's really Saad
- sbroads24

Grigorenko.......

Not the point, I guess everyone forgets the last lockout, and all issues surrounding it.
- puckhead17

Those issues will never to away as the NHLPA is only looking out for its top members.

with that logic, Gionta>Johansen


your better then that
- homiedclown

*You're*; if we're going to insult each other let's be correct grammatically.

Rangers are gonna have to pay Stepan like $7.2 mil a year now.
- Panthers88

(frank) the rangers