La LNH doit-elle modifier sa structure de plafond ?
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Dangerous_Penalty_96
@Flames de Calgary
La LNH doit-elle modifier sa structure de plafond ?
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Dangerous_Penalty_96
5 Comments
Adjusting the cap to reflect the net salaries of players would certainly make the Canadian market much more attractive. But with that being said, it would complicate things when moving contracts.
I also think that the currency exchange, changes things quite quickly. Tkachucks $9.5 million AAV would have grossed him $13 million a year. When you look at a comparison between CGY and other American cities, it’s much cheaper cost of living wise to live in Canada.
The biggest thing the NHL could do would be to realign the divisions. Considering top 3 in each division qualifies and then top 2 WC, it makes things challenging to qualify all 7 Canadian teams for the playoffs. Not only this, it is extremely likely that Canadian teams will meet in the 1st round, and potentially again in the 2nd round, thus knocking each other out early.
Also remember, there’s only 7/32 teams that are canadian. That’s 22% of the league. We would benefit from another Canadian team being added to make it 25% of the league, and then splitting the divisions to only have 2 Canadian teams in each division.
My thoughts:
1. The problems Canadian teams face due to taxes is the same problems all Canadian companies face.
2. Taxes are high in jurisdictions outside of Canada that don’t seem to have problems attracting and keeping talent (New York and California)
3. A large portion of Canadian teams biggest problems are weather and travel. 4 out of the 7 Canadian teams have the worst travel in the league, and 6 of the 7 teams are among the worst climates in the league.
4. Canada has become incredibly expensive to live. This sounds weird when talking about wealthy athletes but their relative cost of living will be similarly impacted.
5. A large portion of Canadian cities lack activities for these athletes. Sporting events, concerts, sports that offer low injury risk (like golfing) are limited in many Canadian cities; especially during winter.
They should change it so that any team named the Edmonton Oilers can’t ever win it because it’d be funny
I think some of the problems stem from the fact that there are a good percentage of the American player population that just don’t want to play in Canada. Limits the ability to make a trade or sign a free agent that could put a team on the next level
The only way that Canadian teams can combat this is by locking up players for 8 years when the player has no leverage, which hinders flexibility for the team
Flames and Oilers were the lowest taxed teams in the league in the early 2010s. I don’t remember having a significant amount more success then.
Also Allan Walsh (yeah I know) has explained in detail how you can actually pay less tax in Canada even now.
The tax thing is just such a dumb thing to use as a crutch