Flyers Season thread

[BigEd76]

CAP

a salary floor and cap will based on a percentage of each NHL team's revenue. The paper adds that in the first year - based on revenue projections by both sides - the salary cap will range from $34 million to $36 million US, with the floor from $22 million to $24 million US.

The Globe also reports that the formula calls for a dollar-for-dollar luxury tax to kick in at the halfway mark between the floor and the cap. If the floor of the lowest team is $22 million US and the cap on the highest team is $36 million US, then the 'tax level' will be $29 million US.

The formula would allow wealthier teams to spend a bit more money, but would also bridge the large gaps in spending between higher payroll teams and lower payroll teams.

Looking at the 2003-04 payrolls:

  Detroit Red Wings  $ 77,856,109   
  New York Rangers  $ 76,488,716   
  Dallas Stars  $ 68,578,885   
  Philadelphia Flyers  $ 68,175,247   
  Colorado Avalanche  $ 63,382,458   
  Toronto Maple Leafs  $ 62,458,140   
  St. Louis Blues  $ 61,675,000   
  Los Angeles Kings  $ 53,833,800   
  Anaheim Mighty Ducks  $ 53,296,750   
  Washington Capitals  $ 50,895,750   
  New Jersey Devils  $ 48,931,658   
  Boston Bruins  $ 46,569,000   
  Vancouver Canucks  $ 42,074,500   
  New York Islanders  $ 40,865,500   
  Ottawa Senators  $ 39,590,000   
  Phoenix Coyotes  $ 39,249,750   
  Montreal Canadiens  $ 38,857,000   
  Calgary Flames  $ 36,402,575

The Islanders and Senators are over the cap...   

[PhillyGirl]

They've agreed on something! OMG!

[Wingspan]

The Globe and Mail reports that the NHL and NHL Players' Association have agreed on a formula for a salary-cap system based on team-by-team revenue.

so, each team will have a different salary cap based on their revenue?

yeah...that's going to help things. isnt that the problem in the 1st place?

[PhillyGirl]

lol

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/columns/story?columnist=frei_terry&id=2092088

[BigEd76]

The agents want all unsigned 2003 and 2004 draft picks released from the teams that picked them, which means we'd lose Carter and Richards.    The NHL said there's ZERO chance of that happening...

[BigEd76]

Did everyone else catch Roenick's comments at Lemieux's event this weekend? 

TSN.ca

"If we would have signed that deal in February, in terms of what we're getting now, we would have looked like heroes," he added.

"Right now we look like a bunch of idiots...The deal in February beats the **** out of the deal we're gonna sign in July."
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"It's unfortunate we had to go through a whole year to realize the **** that was going on," said Roenick. "We've hurt our league, we've hurt the reputation of our league and the integrity of our league by sticking up for something that might not have been the right thing to do."

Roenick then made his case for NHL players and what he thought of public opinion up to this point.

"If people are going to sit and chastise pro athletes for being cocky - for being suck***es - they need to look at one thing and that's the deal we're going to be signing in about three weeks. Pro athletes are not cocky. Pro athletes care about the game. Everybody out there who calls us spoiled because we play a game - they can kiss my ***."

Roenick went on to say that the players didn't want those so-called "fans" at the rink.

"I will say personally, personally, to everybody who calls us spoiled - you guys are just jealous... We're trying to get this thing back on the ice and make it better for the fans.  If you don't realize that, then don't come.  We don't want you in the rink, we don't want you in the stadium, we don't want you to watch hockey."

Even if a new NHL collective bargaining agreement is reached, the 15-year NHL veteran may not make a return to the ice.

Roenick told Sporting News Radio on Friday that he has not made up his mind about whether or not he'll lace up his skates again.

"I have to see how my body reacts to some really, really, really hard training regimen here coming up in the latter part of the summer," he said.

"It's very hard to get motivated without a deal. Once that announcement comes, I think the motivational factor will definitely be lifted. I have not 100 percent made my decision to play, but to tell you the truth, I have a lot of drive in me and really, really want to continue."

[BigEd76]

Flyers might go after the top free agent, Devils defenseman Scott Niedermayer     

[Geowhizzer]

Flyers might go after the top free agent, Devils defenseman Scott Niedermayer     

Bobby says, "Take that, luxury tax!"

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Hasn't he been around, like, forever?  Why do we always sign old guys?

[Geowhizzer]

Hasn't he been around, like, forever?  Why do we always sign old guys?

Because they can't be UFAs until age 31.

[Father Demon]

Part of me says I can't wait for hockey to come back. I love the game.

Another part of me says farg 'em...  Prove it's going to be a good sport again before I re-buy my season tickets (I dropped mine during the lockout).

[General_Failure]

If there had been a season the Flyers surely would have been eliminated by now. You guys should probably lock this and start an offseason thread.

[Geowhizzer]

If there had been a season the Flyers surely would have been eliminated by now. You guys should probably lock this and start an offseason thread.

You kidding?  They would have won the Stanley Cup.  My NHL 2005 says so. 

[PhillyGirl]

Flyers might go after the top free agent, Devils defenseman Scott Niedermayer     

Flyer killer. Bring him on.

[BigEd76]

JR explains his comments to Eskin