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Originally Posted by Adam B
Just as a point of clarity here; the reason why it was left flat was because most people seem to think that NHL salaries would become almost NBA-like with the constant increasing cap. They expected top players to want a large amount of money, but bottom tier players to stay at league minimums...but that's just not the case. The rising cap causes the rising tide theory - all salaries go up (which is what the NHLPA bargained to have happen when the cap did come in) so when you have 5/6th D and bottom 6 forwards making 5-7 million dollars, people got confused by that.
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Thanks for the clarification Adam. I find that in that instance you almost have to start looking at player tiers in terms of % of the cap - I play a lot of Front Office Football MP and those leagues are far into the future with a huge cap and the actual salary numbers are basically arbitrary at this point - so it's the most logical way to approach it imo. I personally enjoy that my FHM experience is not like that.