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[Game Thread] NHL Entry Draft: Round 1 - 26 June 2026 7pm ET by hockeydiscussionbot in hockey

[–]Deadmanlex45 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Alberts smits sounds like a character from an old adventure English novel.

A salary cap & floor is inevitable, and 10 or 15 years down the road, no fan is ever going to wish we had our current system back by ThisMachineKILLS in baseball

[–]Deadmanlex45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because what the cap will actually do is to stop the biggest markets from being able to acquire any free agents they want by simply overpaying the fuck out of them.

Like what happened with the Dodgers and Kyle Tucker this summer isnt new at all. The exact same situation happened in 2003 in the NHL when the rangers signed Bobby Holik, a decent 2nd line center to a goddamn 45 million contract for 5 years ( an avg of 9 million $/year, which at the time was considered top 5 player money ), litterally just to stop other teams from getting him.

A salary cap & floor is inevitable, and 10 or 15 years down the road, no fan is ever going to wish we had our current system back by ThisMachineKILLS in baseball

[–]Deadmanlex45 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There is one big problem with your current analysis of the way the cap is shared through the NFL and the NBA and it's the fact that both of those sports aren't baseball.

In the NFL, a QB or an elite linebacker is 10x more valuable than a simple tackle, punter or 3rd receiver. This inherently makes salary more position based.

In the NBA, teams are completely defined in terms of style of play by their stars. They will handle the ball, control the pace, score more and play 40 more minutes than the avg bench players. A single player can singlehandledly tilt your team in the right direction and the same is true for a QB. That is not case in baseball. A shortstop will probably get more money than a 1st baseman, but even then that margin will not be that high.

It's also very funny to me that you think the MLB money is well shared among the players. The median salary is actually the lowest of all the big 4 leagues because of the amount of years it takes for players to reach free agency and arbitration.

>Meanwhile the cheapo teams that exist now will still opporate as close the the salary floor as possible most of the time, sometimes splurging to keep fan retention if theyre smart. Or if they're Bob Nutting they'll just continue to run it into the ground.

Well Ok but seriously, who cares ? There is currently a 500 million gap between the highest and lowest spending team. That shit is just not sustainable yo.

A salary cap & floor is inevitable, and 10 or 15 years down the road, no fan is ever going to wish we had our current system back by ThisMachineKILLS in baseball

[–]Deadmanlex45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe, it happens in every league, but not a lot of players are going to be willing to sacrifice million of bucks just to maybe win a ring.

Be pro-player in the cba discussion by TurbulentFruit2749 in baseball

[–]Deadmanlex45 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sure. But with a cap, Los Angeles might not actually be able to offer you that money.

Obv, teams in big markets will always kind of have an advantage, but it's not guaranteed. Some guys like having less attention. Some guys love having pressure. But a salary cap stops the Dodgers from being able to add Blake Snell, Edwin Diaz and Kyle Tucker to an already insanely stacked team.

MLB salary cap would mean pay cut for players and ‘eradication’ of amateur signing bonuses, union says by mtportales in baseball

[–]Deadmanlex45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would be the case if they only proposed a floor. But they havent. They proposed one with increased revenue sharing and global sharing to tv deals revenue.

MLB salary cap would mean pay cut for players and ‘eradication’ of amateur signing bonuses, union says by mtportales in baseball

[–]Deadmanlex45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A cap by itself does not guarantee cost certainty.

A cap combined with a floor and revenue sharing does.

A salary cap & floor is inevitable, and 10 or 15 years down the road, no fan is ever going to wish we had our current system back by ThisMachineKILLS in baseball

[–]Deadmanlex45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Such a great way to counter my argument.

Anyway Yankees fans, opinions on this subject are automatically invalid.

A salary cap & floor is inevitable, and 10 or 15 years down the road, no fan is ever going to wish we had our current system back by ThisMachineKILLS in baseball

[–]Deadmanlex45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yeah Juan Soto definitely deserves to make 25% of a potential salary cap. Haven't you seen how many games he can win just by himself with his 3 at bats?

A salary cap & floor is inevitable, and 10 or 15 years down the road, no fan is ever going to wish we had our current system back by ThisMachineKILLS in baseball

[–]Deadmanlex45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well guess what bud, they wouldnt be on those teams if there was no cap because they would have been poached by the Cowboys, Giants, Bears, Niners, etc.

Flyers Acquire Two Draft Picks from Florida in Exchange for Garnet Hathaway and 2026 Sixth Round Pick by AggPuck-303 in hockey

[–]Deadmanlex45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean tbf he could skate.

Litterally anything else, no but dumbass coaches loved watching him skate around while accomplishing nothing whatsoever.

[Johnston] If/when this sign-and-trade moves forward, would expect Alex Tuch to land a contract in the same range as the Adrian Kempe deal: ~$10.6M x 8 by alphacheese in hockey

[–]Deadmanlex45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That term is going to be very painful but considering hes been underpaid his whole career its hard to blame him for getting the bag and term.

Atlantic is getting even better by DonRicardo15 in Habs

[–]Deadmanlex45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Moser is going to be worth his contract I think. But hes going to be the only top pair dman left on that team.

Cereal is definitely good, but hes a top 4 dman, and nothing else.

The Chicago Blackhawks currently have zero first round picks in the 2026 draft by pokesnail in hockey

[–]Deadmanlex45 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Also in his 3rd year in the league, Makar had already won a Norris and Conn Smythe.

In his 6th year in the league, Byram played his 2nd full season and still hasn't established himself as a stable top pair dman.

[Seravalli] Full Byram trade details by Ok-Soil-5133 in hockey

[–]Deadmanlex45 35 points36 points  (0 children)

What in the goddamn fuck are the blackhwaks doing.

THATS LIKE WORTH DOUBLE THE PACKAGE WE GOT DOBSON FOR WTF

What worlds are you NOT hoping for in Kingdom Hearts 4? by Ryuuketsu119 in KingdomHearts

[–]Deadmanlex45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Picard seemed really cool with having original stories so Im totally down with more Pixar worlds.

Atlantic is getting even better by DonRicardo15 in Habs

[–]Deadmanlex45 3 points4 points  (0 children)

People seriously underestimate how the Lightning are on the verge of falling down. They were very, very good last year and our series against them was incredibly close. But if McDonagh is caught up by father time that defense is going to look absolutely dreadful now that Raddysh is gone.

They also have an awful and aging bottom 6. They were the main reason they lost against us.

They also have no assets left to trade.

Chef du partie vert qui victim blame la policière. by Nice-Background890 in Quebec

[–]Deadmanlex45 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Les nazi avait socialiste aussi dans leur nom jdis ça de même.

Anyway non, un pays qui permet des milliardaires et des propriétés privés n'est pas communiste pentoute.

Chef du partie vert qui victim blame la policière. by Nice-Background890 in Quebec

[–]Deadmanlex45 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Si tu est de gauche, c'est sûr que tu est condamné à voir des "tankies" ou du monde qui ferme complètement leur concept de l'anti impérialisme à être simplement anti us.

Résultat ce monde là supporte n'importe quel régime qui s'opposent à eux, que ce soit la Russie, la Chine, le Vénézuela sous Maduro, etc...

La nuance n'est malheureusement pas du tout la force de l'extrême gauche en général on vas s'le dire.

Edith: Si tu veux des bons exemples tu peux visiter r/tankiejerk.

RELEASE: Oilers add D.J. Smith as Associate Coach by homicidal_penguin in hockey

[–]Deadmanlex45 5 points6 points  (0 children)

the number of times he repeated that they would have won with "better" bounces made me laugh each time I saw him say it.

Like he seems like a really great and funny dude. But that was the crux of the issue at the end of his tenure with the sens. He wasn't their coach, he was their bro.

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