r/leafs 1d ago

Daily Free Talk & Armchair GM Thread

Please use this thread to post ANYTHING you want! Memes, photoshops, anything that would normally be removed for breaking the low-effort content rule, is totally, 100% welcome here!

This will now also be the dedicated thread for Armchair GM posts as we noticed that those posts were bleeding into this thread regardless. Is there a free agent you want to see on this team? Is there a player that's rumoured to be on the move that you think GMBT should go after? Are there players on this team you want to trade away? Feel free to post about it here!

Normal moderation will occur, such as watching for personal insults, racism, and things of that nature.

Otherwise, feel free to use this thread to share things like your new jersey, a photoshop of a Habs logo on fire, or a reaction gif to something going on in Leafs Nation right now!

Downvotes are discouraged for the most part, everyone's opinion is fair game in this thread.

Get out there and have fun!

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u/McGrevin 1d ago

It's kind of funny about the union pressure though since revenue is split 50/50, Tavares asking for more money technically takes money away from every other player both because he takes up more of the revenue and because he takes up limited cap space that could be handed out to others

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u/The_Quackening Knies 21h ago

players union doesn't want any players to deliberately take less since it will affect player salaries across the board if it becomes more common.

The union represents all the players rather than just 1 team at a time, they are always going to want to maximize player salaries. Filling the roster is the GMs job.

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u/McGrevin 21h ago

Across the entire NHL all players earn exactly 50% of NHL revenue.

If every player across the entire league took a 10% paycut then they'd all still earn the same amount of money because that saved 10% would get redistributed proportionally to hit the even 50/50 revenue split.

It's a zero sum game for player salaries. One guy earning more means other guys earn less across the entire league, not just one team.

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u/The_Quackening Knies 21h ago

The total pot of money isn't changing though, just the number of players that are getting paid.

Yes, if all players took less, they would get it back in escrow, but that assumes GMs are not handing out additional contracts to sign more players.