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I have an idea for a new cba. Keep the old agreement but punish the teams who are bad business operators. For every nickle you lose in hockey operations, you would be forced to put another nickle into an equalization fund to be distributed amongst profitable teams. The league would create standard accounting practises and audit every quarter.
That's just dumb. Half the teams in the league would fold. Point to Ottawa and Buffalo for awful management as well (until recently). Ottawa has a great team, but they've had one of the worst managements the last ten years as well. Should they be forced to help other teams?
You might as well have baseball's cap, where teams like the Rangers, Wings and Stars pay back the other operators of franchises with every nickel they spend over the cap.
Your knowledge of the Islanders situation is awful. Buying a Cup at the league average? It wasn't hard to justify going out and getting a couple of marquee players when your payroll was a staggering 12 million in 00-01.
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