Agreed. Even before the cap, I didn't want any part of Chris Gratton when we had him either. Take away the fact that we broke up the LOD to get him...the guy just wasn't worth his TOI to the team. - jmatchett383
I found this article from when they finally got rid of Gratton and brought back Renberg:
I must have chosen to forget that they Flyers gave Gratton a $9 million dollar signing bonus. That was back in 1997. Adjusting for inflation, that bonus comes out to about $13.5 million dollars in today's dollars.
Think about a team dropping that kind of coin for someone like Chris Gratton today.
I must have chosen to forget that they Flyers gave Gratton a $9 million dollar signing bonus. That was back in 1997. Adjusting for inflation, that bonus comes out to about $13.5 million dollars in today's dollars.
Think about a team dropping that kind of coin for someone like Chris Gratton today. - johndewar
Pre cap contracts, especially from the big market teams were often nuts. Who can forget the Rags giving 3rd line center Bobby Holik 5 years and 45 million? It was just nuts!
I must have chosen to forget that they Flyers gave Gratton a $9 million dollar signing bonus. That was back in 1997. Adjusting for inflation, that bonus comes out to about $13.5 million dollars in today's dollars.
Think about a team dropping that kind of coin for someone like Chris Gratton today. - johndewar
Pre cap contracts, especially from the big market teams were often nuts. Who can forget the Rags giving 3rd line center Bobby Holik 5 years and 45 million? It was just nuts! - BiggE
And thank God they instituted the cap so that lower-budget teams like Tampa Bay, Dallas, New Jersey, and Colorado would be able to stay competitive, and to keep team like Philadelphia, Boston, New York, and Toronto from winning every year.
I really wish the owners had just come out and said, "This is a lockout because we're business men who want to maximize our profits. This has nothing to do with parity."
And thank God they instituted the cap so that lower-budget teams like Tampa Bay, Dallas, New Jersey, and Colorado would be able to stay competitive, and to keep team like Philadelphia, Boston, New York, and Toronto from winning every year.
I really wish the owners had just come out and said, "This is a lockout because we're business men who want to maximize our profits. This has nothing to do with parity." - jmatchett383
Yup, true on all accounts. At the end of the day, it's a business and the billionaires and mega corps that own the teams didn't get to where they are today by losing money. No matter what the owners or their little troll mouthpiece say, it will ALWAYS be about the bottom line. Ed Snider may have been the last NHL owner left who wanted to see his team win at any cost, though I guess there may be a few others. However, as time goes on and more and more teams are owned by huge corps, it will all, sadly, be about the bottom line.
Yup, true on all accounts. At the end of the day, it's a business and the billionaires and mega corps that own the teams didn't get to where they are today by losing money. No matter what the owners or their little troll mouthpiece say, it will ALWAYS be about the bottom line. Ed Snider may have been the last NHL owner left who wanted to see his team win at any cost, though I guess there may be a few others. However, as time goes on and more and more teams are owned by huge corps, it will all, sadly, be about the bottom line. - BiggE
Ed Snider also understood that, in the entertainment industry, the best way to make money is to have an entertaining product that people in the area will enjoy. So if you put out a good product in a location that people want to see the product, you can do both.
Ed Snider also understood that, in the entertainment industry, the best way to make money is to have an entertaining product that people in the area will enjoy. So if you put out a good product in a location that people want to see the product, you can do both. - jmatchett383
gotta get some of that stuff 
