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About This Page: This is a discussion on NHL Talk within the LetsGoKings.com forums, at Los Angeles Kings Hockey Fan Forum. Originally Posted by Dr. Naysay
Perhaps not... but let's at least wait until all the contracts signed BEFORE the salary cap expire before we start deciding "how it's gonna be"
Perhaps not... but let's at least wait until all the contracts signed BEFORE the salary cap expire before we start deciding "how it's gonna be" in this scary new reality.
The NHL isn't the first professional sports league to use a salary cap. I'm not exactly stabbing blindly in the dark here.
The NHL did a good thing Wednesday; it brought together four of its more prominent and talkative general managers on a conference call. One after another, they addressed the negotiating process, in the context of the upcoming trade deadline, which happens in 13 days time — Tuesday the 26th, right after the GMs get together in Naples, Fla. for their semi-annual meeting.
Tellingly, not one single query — in almost 70 minutes of a non-stop question-and-answer session — dealt with possible rule changes; the only state-of-the-game issue dealt with making neck guards mandatory in the aftermath of the Richard Zednik injury (answer: it is unlikely to happen).
Instead, the majority of questions dealt with the evolution of the NHL trading game — and how, in a salary-cap world, with the need to plug young, cheap players into a team on an ongoing basis, there is a greater need than ever for teams to weigh short-term goals against long-term consequences.
Dr. Naysay
