Comments on: Gary Bettman hints at higher salary cap next season http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/14/gary-bettman-hints-at-higher-salary-cap-next-season/ ProHockeyTalk on NBCSports.com Sat, 25 May 2013 22:52:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: joethorntonisclutch http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/14/gary-bettman-hints-at-higher-salary-cap-next-season/comment-page-1/#comment-45889 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:36:28 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=114522#comment-45889 You’re right and wrong at the same time my friend. The way it actually works is that when he signed his massive $7.5 million dollar contract (which was awarded to him by arbitration, NOT the Predators) he put the Preds in a tough position. They clearly didn’t want to pay Weber that kind of money (or they would have not had the issue go to arbitration) but the NHL gave it to him anyway. What this means is that the Preds, a team who don’t want to fork out $7.5 million dollars a year for a player, have to offer Weber a contract that is at LEAST worth that $7.5 million by the time July 1st comes around.

Simply put there are two situations:

Situation A.) Predators give Shea Weber the big offer sheet of $7.5 or more and he stays a restricted free agent with the predators.

Situation B.) Predators don’t give Shea Weber the big offer sheet (as they did not when he went to arbitration) and he tests the waters of free agency, gets snatched by a team willing to pay him what he’s worth and the Predators go back to being a grind-it-out defensive team without a real star defenseman. (No, Suter does not count as a real star, sorry.)

]]> By: seaner44 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/14/gary-bettman-hints-at-higher-salary-cap-next-season/comment-page-1/#comment-45873 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:56:54 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=114522#comment-45873 Bettman is such an ass. I think he believes that all NHL fans are either ignorant or complete morons, or both.

]]> By: BSpeedman http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/14/gary-bettman-hints-at-higher-salary-cap-next-season/comment-page-1/#comment-45867 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:22:32 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=114522#comment-45867 As a Flyers fan, it’s good to hear that the salary cap will continue to grow. But your statement, “with big-ticket players like Shea Weber set to hit the unrestricted free agent market…,” is incorrect. According to CapGeek.com, and unfortunately for the Flyers, Weber is set to become a Restricted Free Agent. http://capgeek.com/charts.php?Team=19

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