This in from prominent NHL player agent Allan Walsh, who for 13 years has been on The Hockey News’ list of Top 100 people of power and influence in the sport. Walsh, posting soon after William Nylander signed his new eight-year deal at $11.5 million per for the Leafs, said, “Back in 2004, Bob Goodenow said a hard salary cap would dominate fan and media discussions, become detrimental to growing the game we love. He was right. Nowadays, the fan bases around the NHL are all wringing their hands over a players AAV. The debate becomes ‘he’s a really good player, but is he worth $6M AAV? We only have so much cap space to go around.’ This could have been avoided with a luxury tax. Instead, the system makes players the villains for taking up X% of a teams cap space. Horrible business model.” Read More
