Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet was on Sirius XM NHL Community Radio Morning Skate with Gord Stellick and Scott Laughlin. He was requested concerning the upcoming free agent class and whether or not the ceiling for the highest gamers within the NHL could possibly be pushed even increased.
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Gord Stellick: “I wish to get again to on the ice, however what I’m actually getting a vibe that I imply, pre-salary cap, earlier than 2005, Bob Goodenow was huge, that should you have been an unrestricted free agent, you owed it to your brethren to go the place there was prime greenback. And so gamers may wish to keep someplace, however they went. However now the cap is a finite quantity, however I’m actually getting a vibe, whether or not it’s (Mitch) Marner, whether or not it’s Sam Bennett, whether or not it’s (Vladislav) Gavrikov like, no matter it might be, are you getting that?
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Is that vibe on the market? There’s a way that this could possibly be a 12 months, I don’t know if the (Mikko) Rantanen factor is what set it in movement. I don’t know, however these gamers, as a result of hockey gamers go oh gee darn will keep residence, take a hometown low cost, wish to be there. However these sort of gamers could also be vulnerable to being extra on the transfer than individuals suppose. What’s your take?”
Elliotte Friedman: “It’s an excellent query. I believe that, like, I’m with you on the wage cap. Some individuals say you must take prime greenback. You must take prime greenback. And my level is, do what you need. However I perceive the {dollars} are finite. It’s a 50/50, cut up, and each greenback you are taking ought to take $1 away from another person. And that’s true. So I believe individuals ought to make their very own selections. However it’s not like pushing the road and pushing the road and pushing the road comes with out penalties to different gamers.
That each one mentioned that each one mentioned, I undoubtedly really feel Gordie that a few of the star gamers, or a few of the prime gamers get pressured to push the road, transfer the road, transfer the road. And we’ve seen it during the last couple of minutes, you recognize? I imply, clearly, (Connor) McDavid was at 12.5. (Nathan) MacKinnon went over that. (Auston) Matthews went over that. And we’ll see the place we find yourself right here with a few of these different gamers.
However one of many issues, it’s humorous, you talked about this, as a result of I used to be speaking about this a few days in the past with somebody, and it was an agent that mentioned to me, one of many causes that a few of these guys are so nice is that they’re aggressive, proper? They usually wish to be one of the best participant. And for a few of these gamers, desirous to be one of the best participant additionally signifies that they’re on the prime of the earnings chart. It’s one other means of rating your self.
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I believe I’m one of the best, so I ought to earn probably the most. Now, not everyone is wired like that. You’ll bear in mind final time McDavid when he signed his contract, it was initially imagined to be 13.33 is the AAV, after which he dialed it again. So not everyone is wired that means, however a few of these guys completely are wired that means, and it’s a part of the competitors.”
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