The NHL panorama is altering rapidly, with salaries going up, and the way it will have an effect on different gamers
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on groups’ concern with how rapidly the salaries have gone up and the way it may have an effect on their dressing rooms.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Ron MacLean: “You already know, on the web you possibly can see lol and FYI and OMG, however proper now it’s AAV each two hours, (common) annual worth. So what’s with all of the contracts?
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Friedman: “Effectively, the factor is, all of us knew the cap was going up, proper, Ron? Like all people knew it was coming, and all people within the league knew it was coming, the gamers, the managers. Everyone knew it was coming, however all people sort of waited to see what would occur in follow.
You already know the primary factor if you discuss to folks proper now, and it’s not simply groups, it’s gamers too, and brokers, it’s how rapidly the world has modified. And go proper again to (Kirill) Kaprizov on September thirtieth when he signed for 17 million a 12 months, and then you definitely have a look what occurred since; Kyle Connor, Jack Eichel, you recognize, Luke Hughes.
Like no one, like I don’t complain about what folks make. Persons are price, what any individual’s keen to pay you. However I believe all people’s sort of shocked about how rapidly it occurred. How a lot it’s modified. Normally, you get a summer season to sort of course of it, however these things didn’t actually begin taking place till September thirtieth.
And I believe the primary factor Ron is, that everyone’s fearful about is, what is that this going to do to their dressing rooms? The Jets, earlier than they signed Connor to a deal that was very completely different from every other contract that they ever signed, they went to a few of their prime gamers and mentioned, ‘Are you going to be okay if we do that?’ And so they mentioned, ‘Sure, we’d like him. We’ve an opportunity. Let’s do it.’
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And I believe that you just’re seeing that in quite a lot of dressing rooms proper now. Managers pulling their gamers and saying, ‘Are you going to be okay if we do it?’ And I get the sense some groups are extra assured about their group dealing with it than others.”
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