Comments on: Rangers are taking Lundqvist to arbitration

By: joefroh

joefroh — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 15:03:07 +0000

the league will survive although we will continue to see franchises moving around and the owners/bettman getting richer. the sport will not become more popular and the intent is not necessarily to drive that facet home. the owners want to continue to get a good ROI and get “spoiler” dollars from new franchises/dumb prospective owners. the lockout was ridiculous and the players union is a joke.

By: gravy9

gravy9 — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 11:27:09 +0000

Seth says:

>You know why salaries are so sky high?ItÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s because a kid this young, whoÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s so good, is going to get a massive salary and a massivve amount of years, only because of how young and good they are.

Seth thinks that’s the problem. I think that’s the solution and that’s what we’ll be seeing more and more of.

Why shouldn’t a kid who is young and very good get paid for his talent, skill and potential? I’d rather see that then paying guys who are over the hill for their past performance. I think it’s possible that the long term effect of this CBA is that players will make very good money in their primes and then have to settle for considerably less when they are beyond their prime playing days.

That’s a rational system both economically and in terms of quality of play.

We can see it starting to happen now. GMs will not be throwing big money at over the hill players any more. It also can be seen in the long term contracts that are front loaded so that players are making a lot in their primes and less as they age and lose skill.

I think, in the long run, should the league manage to somehow survive Bettman, this may well be a very good turn of events for fans, creating a much better product.

By: DanTheRangerFan

DanTheRangerFan — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 06:51:40 +0000

Im sick of all this ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Between the assholes who put fake stuff up here, the guys who think they know everything,and the blind following throught these fragile times. Ive had enough…..IT WILL WORK OUT THOUGH——So im going to be a hypocrit and say lets all just take breathe in and say it will be fine in the end….........sleep well true Ranger Fans

By: OldTymeHockey14

OldTymeHockey14 — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:15:22 +0000

Oh. Stress fart.

By: stf

stf — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:58:29 +0000

:) 5:48pm – more in a bit…
I haven’t seen other sources confirm arbitration for King Henrik…

By: H

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:50:05 +0000

Sam said “more in a bit…”
It’s been a bit.

By: leetch3

leetch3 — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 02:44:46 +0000

“Levitate
July 6th, 2007 at 6:35 pm
If this doesnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t actually go to arbitration, do the Rangers still lose the one shot club arbitration ability?”

the cba states that a player can only be subject to one club elected salary arbitration regardless of whether or not that hearing actually takes place so that means that we can’t pull this off again…

however you can only take a RFA to arbitration, if they work out a deal before going to arbitration it will be a long term deal that takes him beyond the age for UFA status so this would then be the last year he’s arbitration eligible anyway.

By: Go NYR

Go NYR — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 02:28:12 +0000

This is what MLB has and makes a lot more sense than hockeys rule. A player can become a free agent with six or more years of Major League service who has not executed a contract for the next season is eligible to become a free agent

By: Go NYR

Go NYR — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 02:08:28 +0000

I think baseball players can not become free agents until theyre at least 25

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:36:56 +0000

People – salaries are not that high. There is a cap in place. Every team must spend in that range, not over and not under. For every dollar you spend for player X, player Y gets less. So on average, the salaries are set.