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There's a salary cap. RBA doesn't factor into that.
Yeah, I know. In some seasons it appeared that the club's overall cash flow (salaries for the GM, the coaches, and the other ~140 non-player employees plus travel, external marketing expenses, maintenance and utilities for the arena, settlements with the Centennial Authority, etc) was more of a constraint than the salary cap for players. This is still a major difference between the Canes and, say, the Rangers. TD is more willing to push the salary cap to the limit than PK was, but overall cash flow is still a constraint.
Meanwhile, Adam Fox whose NHL rights were held by the Canes at one point just won the Norris. This is another player (remember Jack Johnson) who refused to play here. The Canes tried to salvage the situation by trading Fox to the Rangers for two draft picks, neither of whom has generated much excitement as of yet.
Meanwhile, Adam Fox whose NHL rights were held by the Canes at one point just won the Norris. This is another player (remember Jack Johnson) who refused to play here. The Canes tried to salvage the situation by trading Fox to the Rangers for two draft picks, neither of whom has generated much excitement as of yet.
Eh. He was and is a New Yorker at heart, born in Nassau County, played for the Junior Islanders. Harvard.
His refusal was as much his desire to play at home in NYC vs. anywhere else.
And, the Canes also got Micheal Ferland and Dougie Hamilton in the deal that sent Elias Lindholm and Noah Hanifin to Calgary with Fox as a sweetener.
He would be a great player anywhere, and will have a great career. Trying to sign him was smart, but the desire to play in NYC from childhood truly overshadowed any disrespectful dismissal of the Canes.
It's why we have a salary cap, to moderate the financial advantages of huge market teams. I want to see how NYR manages their cap over the next few years. Panarin and Fox will eat huge portions of a flat cap. Zibanijad is UFA after 2021-2022 season. https://www.capfriendly.com/trades/players/adam-fox
He would have played for a stable coaching situation and in more playoff games as a Hurricane, but "Bright Lights, Big City" is Home.
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Slavin wins Lady Byng!
