WildCard Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 Nichushkin will be back... supposedly http://www.tsn.ca/stars-expect-nichushkin-to-return-in-2018-19-1.808416 Wonder if Tarasenko had anything to do with that. Or Radulov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 If the arenas served avacado toast.... Millenials would never buy houses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 Can you expand on this? I actually find stuff like this fascinating. It's nothing complicated. Ticket prices go up and less people can afford them. So of course that lends itself to the corporate types. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trettioåtta Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 It's nothing complicated. Ticket prices go up and less people can afford them. So of course that lends itself to the corporate types. It's not just that. Increases in student tuition, the number of people going to uni (and thus who have to pay it) as well as rent taking a larger slice of the take-home pie and mortgages requiring a larger deposit. Sure Millenials still spend/waste money on entertainment and social occasions, but probably not in $200 dollar chunks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 From Ken Campbell For what it's worth, I've been told by people both on NHL and players' side there's no way the NHL is going to 2018 Olympics. Done deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 From Ken Campbell For what it's worth, I've been told by people both on NHL and players' side there's no way the NHL is going to 2018 Olympics. Done deal. Sweet, we'll have a lockout in the primes of Eichel, McDavid, Laine, and Matthews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Sweet, we'll have a lockout in the primes of Eichel, McDavid, Laine, and Matthews. You truly believe letting the players go will prevent the next lockout? Been drinking too much green paint, Charlie. :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabel79 Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 If indeed we live in just one of an infinite number of universes with an infinite number of possibilities, there would still be an NHL lockout in every single one of them. Nailed on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 You truly believe letting the players go will prevent the next lockout? Been drinking too much green paint, Charlie. :p Yup. The question isn't whether there will be a lockout, it's how long it will last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 You truly believe letting the players go will prevent the next lockout? Been drinking too much green paint, Charlie. :P Yup. The question isn't whether there will be a lockout, it's how long it will last. Well what else is there to contend about? Revenue sharing, again? Technically the paint is blue :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabel79 Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Well what else is there to contend about? Revenue sharing, again? Specifically, the escrow system currently in use. The salary cap is kind of a false number, since the players take a 15% hit off the top, most of which they'll never see again. I think they got 2% back last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Specifically, the escrow system currently in use. The salary cap is kind of a false number, since the players take a 15% hit off the top, most of which they'll never see again. I think they got 2% back last year. Sorry, can you explain this like I'm 5? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabel79 Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Sorry, can you explain this like I'm 5? The CBA dictates that the players are entitled to a certain percentage of "Hockey Related Revenue." The salary cap is based on estimates (it's more complicated than that, but will do for now). The league escrows 15% of all player salaries, and based on revenue results either pockets it or refunds a certain amount of it to make sure the players receive the specified percentage of revenue the CBA says they get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 The CBA dictates that the players are entitled to a certain percentage of "Hockey Related Revenue." The salary cap is based on estimates (it's more complicated than that, but will do for now). The league escrows 15% of all player salaries, and based on revenue results either pockets it or refunds a certain amount of it to make sure the players receive the specified percentage of revenue the CBA says they get. That and the never ending battle over the definition of hockey related revenue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabel79 Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Which is why, of course, the players are absolutely crazygonuts about, for instance the Vegas expansion fee not being "Hockey Related Revenue". CBA clearly states it isn't, so they lose that argument, but still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rakish Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Sorry, can you explain this like I'm 5? This is my understanding: Let's say the cap is 70m, and the floor is 50m. They find these two numbers based upon guessing that revenues will average 120m/team, thus 60m go to each team for players. Now we don't know what each team is going to spend on players, some teams spend 50m, some teams spend 70m, so if the average team spends more than 60m or revenues are less than 120m/team, then the owners still want their 50%. How they get their 50% is to keep part of each contract, called escrow, so instead of your favorite player making 2m/year, he makes ( if 15% is the number) 1.7m/year. At they end of the year, they total up the revenues, divide by 2, subtract the total contracts, that gives each side 50%, and any leftover goes to the players. If the average team spends 60m on contracts, and Hockey Related Revenue averages 120m/team, then each player gets their 15% back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 The problem being the cap is artificially high. The players do this to themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabres Fan in NS Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 The Blues have signed this guy ... http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/colton-parayko-st-louis-blues-contract-1.4214017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 The Blues have signed this guy ... http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/colton-parayko-st-louis-blues-contract-1.4214017 Parayko, Blues agree to 5-year, $27.5M contract Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Flagg Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 I was going to suggest offer-sheeting that guy, damn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 (edited) The Blues have signed this guy ... http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/colton-parayko-st-louis-blues-contract-1.4214017 It's the going rate for emerging young defencemen.Some turn into Bogosian and Myers, others into Brent Burns. Ekblad was the exception. Wonder if Florida regrets that deal. Edited July 20, 2017 by dudacek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 I was going to suggest offer-sheeting that guy, damn. How about Viktor Arvidsson? But, I guess, Offer Sheets just don't happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabres Fan in NS Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 Sid is coming home with the cup on the long weekend in August ... http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/sidney-crosby-halifax-dartmouth-natal-day-parade-1.4211771 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 (edited) There is a sentence in here that makes me think scouts sometimes see what they want to. "NHL teams can teach a kid to play defense, but they can't teach Tippett brings to the table in his innate abilities." There are so many examples of wingers in particular NEVER learning how to play defense that I thought of 4 without much hesitation. Just a small gripe from me. Oh and they think Tippett could make the NHL jump right away. http://www.thehockeynews.com/news/article/panther-sign-tippett-to-entry-level-deal-and-expect-him-to-contribute-right-away Edited July 21, 2017 by LGR4GM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted July 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 150 a seat if you want them printed. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/montreal-canadiens-charge-fans-physical-season-tickets-1.4216814 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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