Would a salary cap result in a more competitive National Hockey League?
Would a salary cap result in a more competitive National Hockey League?Update: The NHL lockout ended in July, with a six-year collective bargaining agreement. For the details see: • How the NHL Salary Cap Works • Highlights of the New NHL Deal • New NHL Rules for the 2005-06 SeasonAnswer: A salary cap would obviously even out league payrolls, so that the $23 million Nashville Predators would no longer be taking the ice against the $77 million Detroit Red Wings. But whether this would give more teams a chance to compete for the Stanley Cup is far less certain. Recent evidence suggests the NHL already has as much competitive balance as a 30-team league can reasonably expect. In the last three years, a dozen teams have made it as far as the Conference Finals
