Argus Posted October 14, 2016 Author Report Posted October 14, 2016 3 hours ago, overthere said: American teams cannot outbid US teams for players, there is a hard salary cap in place now. Yes, they can. Have a look at the disparity between team payrolls for the top and bottom teams. Detroit has a team salary of about $80 million, Carolina $56. Nashville is $70m. How many NHL fans do you think are in Buffalo vs Detroit? Yet Buffalo seems able to afford a team salary $11 million higher than Toronto. Quote "A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley
Argus Posted October 14, 2016 Author Report Posted October 14, 2016 (edited) 3 hours ago, overthere said: American teams cannot outbid US teams for players, there is a hard salary cap in place now. Yes, they can. Have a look at the disparity between team payrolls for the top and bottom teams. Detroit has a team salary of about $80 million, Carolina $56. Nashville is $70m. How many NHL fans do you think are in Buffalo vs Toronto? Yet Buffalo seems able to afford a team salary $11 million higher than Toronto. Edited October 14, 2016 by Argus Quote "A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley
bush_cheney2004 Posted October 14, 2016 Report Posted October 14, 2016 That's because Toronto's teams always suck. Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
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