beliveau1 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 (edited) Managers Still Spending - Toronto Sun Interesting analysis of the Salary Cap and some of the implications of the big contracts that have been signed this year? I'm not an expert on the cap so not sure of the technical issues here, or if this is right. However it does pose some interesting questions about the new NHL, and just how effective the cap is going to be? Edited July 17, 2006 by beliveau1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCeh Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 (edited) Because the league is almost certainly going to increase its revenues by no more than a minimal amount this year, the players are going to get tagged with escrow payments of at least 10%, probably 12%. So watch the fun when someone such as defenceman Chris Pronger -- who thought he had a great post-lockout deal at $6.25 million a year for five years -- gets told that he has to give back roughly $700,000 this year to cover the pay raises of people like Briere, McCabe and Kaberle. A canoe.ca article, re: escrow, to the same effect: http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/2006/...688694-sun.html Enter Nelson, finger pointing. He taunts, "Ha-Hah!" Edited July 17, 2006 by MCeh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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