It's been a long time since Allan Walsh, the agent for players including Marc-André Fleury, has been a fan of Gary Bettman. One could even say that, in his opinion, the commissioner is hurting hockey and the NHL.
1995 - NJ
1996 - Colorado
1997 - Detroit
1998 - Detroit
1999 - Dallas
2000 - NJ
2001 - Colorado
2002 - Detroit
2003 - NJ
2004 - Tampa Bay
Ticket prices are purely a function of supply and demand and have no correlation with player salaries. Gary promised fans that the lockout was "for them" in order to reduce ticket prices. Immediately after the lockout, ticket prices rose by an average of 28%."
Allan Walsh
The agent is referring to the fact that no big market like Toronto, New York, Boston or Montreal won the Cup in the 10 years prior to the salary cap.
For those uninformed who drank Gary's kool-aid and say "we need a cap or the big markets will win the Cup every year", consider this in the 10 years before the triple hard cap-
Stanley Cup Winners
1995 - NJ
1996 - Colorado
1997- Detroit
1998 - Detroit
1999 - Dallas
2000- NJ
1/- Allan Walsh🏒 (@walsha) July 10, 2023
2000- NJ
2001 - Colorado
2002- Detroit
2003 - NJ
2004 - Tampa
No NYR, Toronto, Boston, Chicago, LA or other big markets during this time.- Allan Walsh🏒 (@walsha) July 10, 2023
As @AdamWylde pointed out, Marian Hossa signed as a UFA in Detroit in 2008 for 1 yr, $7.4M. 15 years later, Debrincat signs in Detroit for $7.875M all while franchise values explode. 3/- Allan Walsh🏒 (@walsha) July 10, 2023
Ticket prices are purely a function of supply and demand and have no correlation to player salaries. Gary promised fans the lockout was "for them" to reduce ticket prices. Immediately after the lockout, ticket prices rose on average 28%.- Allan Walsh🏒 (@walsha) July 10, 2023
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