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How well will Vegas do?

President's Trophy 1 5.00%
 
First in conference 1 5.00%
 
First in division 0 0%
 
2-3 in division 4 20.00%
 
Wild card 7 35.00%
 
Outside of playoffs 5 25.00%
 
Worst in division 1 5.00%
 
Worst in conference 1 5.00%
 
Worst in league 0 0%
 
Total:20
VGPolyglot on 23 August 2017
HomokHarcos said:
I'm realizing how stupid the salary cap is. Imagine if any other business put a limit on how much money their workers could make. And before people complain about athletes making too much, remember that their owners are already rich and they make tons of money from the sport!

Capitalism is great, isn't it brother?



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HomokHarcos on 23 August 2017
VGPolyglot said:
HomokHarcos said:
I'm realizing how stupid the salary cap is. Imagine if any other business put a limit on how much money their workers could make. And before people complain about athletes making too much, remember that their owners are already rich and they make tons of money from the sport!

Capitalism is great, isn't it brother?

Money is the problem for this. A salary cap makes the owners as rich as possible while paying the athletes as little as they can. On the other hand no salary cap means lack of parity where the richer teams are always ahead.



VGPolyglot on 23 August 2017
HomokHarcos said:
VGPolyglot said:

Capitalism is great, isn't it brother?

Money is the problem for this. A salary cap makes the owners as rich as possible while paying the athletes as little as they can. On the other hand no salary cap means lack of parity where the richer teams are always ahead.

I guess it's a bit more complicated than that, as it's tied to league revenue and there is a salary floor, but yeah, it's not an ideal situation either way.



HomokHarcos on 28 August 2017

NHL is considering banning timeouts after an icing. I think this change is pretty likely.



VGPolyglot on 28 August 2017
HomokHarcos said:
NHL is considering banning timeouts after an icing. I think this change is pretty likely.

Is it even possible to do it for this season? Isn't it too late for that?



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COKTOE on 28 August 2017
HomokHarcos said:
I'm realizing how stupid the salary cap is. Imagine if any other business put a limit on how much money their workers could make. And before people complain about athletes making too much, remember that their owners are already rich and they make tons of money from the sport!

Player saleries are generally risining every year, are they not? I don't think the cap has hurt players that much. Just my 2 cents.



- "If you have the heart of a true winner, you can always get more pissed off than some other asshole."

HomokHarcos on 15 September 2017

http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Eklund/Are-Calgary-Flames-in-Danger-of-Moving-to-Seattle--Weds-Buzzcast/1/87352

Calgary refuses to build a new arena, NHL warns them the Flames could relocate. I hope the city of Calgary doesn't balk.



HomokHarcos on 16 September 2017

NHL preseason starts today, not too big of a deal. The real deal starts in October.



HomokHarcos on 03 October 2017

NHL season begins tomorrow with the Jets and Maple Leafs.



VGPolyglot on 03 October 2017
HomokHarcos said:
NHL season begins tomorrow with the Jets and Maple Leafs.

I guess that means it'll be time for me to get used to updating this thread too!!