NHL Offseason: Lets Face It, The NHL Needs a Salary Cap
August 10th, 2010 by Tom Schreier Leave a reply »Over the last few weeks I have heard many complaints about the salary cap. Many of these are coming from fans of big-market teams like the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Blackhawks.
The Maple Leafs are the most valuable team in the NHL (estimated at $470 million in 2009), have owners with deep pockets, and avid, knowledgeable fans that have yet to see their team qualify for the playoffs since the NHL Lockout.
Frank Meneses, a Leafs aficionado, wrote this in response to a comment I wrote about the salary cap on my article Fire on Ice: Power Ranking the NHL’s 25 Fastest Skaters [all sic]:
“dont you want to see real fans get rewarded, and (explicit) fans like washingtonians, glendaliens… and other faux fans/fairweather fans not be apparent.
“as a leafs fan, i can truly say the salary cap screwed us over the 2nd most to continue the champinshipless leafers. kerry ‘no eyes’ fraser screwed us over the most.”
I want to see the most passionate fans rewarded. I grew up in Minnesota and although I never got to see the North Stars play—or was too young to remember—I ...
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