Written Task: What is your opinion on the NHL salary cap? Is it great? Bad? Needs improvement? Tell me why. Is there another league that has a cap structure you like more? Do you have a compelling argument for removing it all together? Would allowing teams that could afford to spend extra money on players be too unfair in this day and age? What do you think? (150+ words)


I think the nhl salary cap needs some fixes. The main problem is players finding teams with the least amount of tax and going there because it’s obviously more beneficial. Better players because they are getting paid better and free agents stacking one team due to the less tax they have to pay so they get majority of the best players. Florida or Tampa etc… another problem is it does not go up enough and players keep demanding more and more and more. So now you get teams that drown and essentially cannot escape the bottom of the standings due to their #1 player asking for 12 - 15 million and you have to fill a roster so that’s a one helluva problem. None the less it’ll all work out in the end and I’m sure they will fix it but it will be apart of the next bargaining agreement. They just have to make some more rules to it. It’s way better than the nba and I cant stress that enough so at the end of the day the NHL does the best it can with the revenue and such. It’s my fav league of all time I can’t say too much about it as I don’t think cap is so much and issue outside of the taxation between teams. But if there is a problem I’m sure it’ll all be dealt with.

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