Suggesting An Adjusted Salary Cap

Created by: Cardiac

Team: 2022-23 Custom Team

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 14, 2022

Published: Aug. 14, 2022

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Taxes. Everybody pays them. Not always fair based on where you live and as some places have more taxes than others. 1 million in Toronto is not the same as 1 million in Nashville. Here is a concept for an adjusted salary cap based on income tax in the respective locations. I think this could be a great thing for the overall evenness of the NHL but there are definitely kinks to it. This is equity that leads to a hypothetical equality yet there is still inequality in terms of the cap with this system as it’s based on income tax which assumes everybody pays the same percentage for income tax. This is simply a concept that demonstrates how some organizations have a monetary advantage simply based on location.

The numbers are determined by the base salary difference and not the differences in signing bonuses. For example, the difference between Nashville and Torontos taxes based on base salary is 12.54% while the difference based on signing bonuses is 14.16%.

LW: the location of the franchise
C: the proposed adjusted salary cap
RW: the proposed adjusted salary floor

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
96	$999,999,999	$5,145,260,771	$0	$0	-$4,145,260,772

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Josi, Roman $9,059,000$9,059,000 LD NMC UFA - 6		ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $61,000,000$61,000,000
Seguin, Tyler $9,850,000$9,850,000 C, RW NMC UFA - 5	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $82,500,000$82,500,000	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $61,018,300$61,018,300
Kucherov, Nikita $9,500,000$9,500,000 RW NMC UFA - 5	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $82,524,750$82,524,750	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $61,122,000$61,122,000
Barkov, Aleksander $10,000,000$10,000,000 C NMC UFA - 8	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $82,665,000$82,665,000	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $61,122,000$61,122,000
Eichel, Jack $10,000,000$10,000,000 C NMC UFA - 4	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $82,665,000$82,665,000	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $61,152,500$61,152,500
Burakovsky, André $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 5	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $82,706,250$82,706,250	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $61,201,300$61,201,300
Rantanen, Mikko $9,250,000$9,250,000 RW, C UFA - 3	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $82,772,250$82,772,250	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $63,293,600$63,293,600
Keller, Clayton $7,150,000$7,150,000 LW, RW UFA - 6	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $85,602,000$85,602,000	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $63,366,800$63,366,800
McAvoy, Charlie $9,500,000$9,500,000 RD UFA - 8	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $85,701,000$85,701,000	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $63,476,600$63,476,600
Kane, Patrick $2,625,000$2,625,000 RW NMC UFA - 1	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $85,849,500$85,849,500	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $63,488,800$63,488,800
Larkin, Dylan $6,100,000$6,100,000 C NTC UFA - 1	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $85,866,000$85,866,000	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $63,635,200$63,635,200
Crosby, Sidney $8,700,000$8,700,000 C NMC UFA - 3	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $86,064,000$86,064,000	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $63,818,200$63,818,200
Aho, Sebastian $8,460,250$8,460,250 C UFA - 2	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $86,311,500$86,311,500	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $63,824,300$63,824,300
Ovechkin, Alex $9,500,000$9,500,000 LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $86,319,750$86,319,750	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $63,952,400$63,952,400
O'Reilly, Ryan $1,875,000$1,875,000 C UFA - 1	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $86,493,000$86,493,000	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $64,111,000$64,111,000
Gaudreau, Johnny $9,750,000$9,750,000 LW NMC UFA - 7	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $86,707,500$86,707,500	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $64,513,600$64,513,600
Monahan, Sean $6,375,000$6,375,000 C, LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $87,252,000$87,252,000	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $65,276,100$65,276,100
McDavid, Connor $12,500,000$12,500,000 C NMC UFA - 4	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $88,283,250$88,283,250	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $65,276,100$65,276,100
Barzal, Mathew $7,000,000$7,000,000 C, RW UFA - 1	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $88,283,250$88,283,250	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $65,495,700$65,495,700
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 5	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $88,588,500$88,588,500	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $65,495,700$65,495,700
Panarin, Artemi $11,642,857$11,642,857 LW NMC UFA - 4	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $88,588,500$88,588,500	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $65,501,800$65,501,800
Kaprizov, Kirill $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW UFA - 4	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $88,596,750$88,596,750	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $66,105,700$66,105,700
Hughes, Quinn $7,850,000$7,850,000 LD UFA - 5	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $89,405,250$89,405,250	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $66,374,100$66,374,100
Hamilton, Dougie $9,000,000$9,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 6	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $89,768,250$89,768,250	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $66,502,200$66,502,200
Couturier, Sean $7,750,000$7,750,000 C NMC UFA - 8	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $89,974,500$89,974,500	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $66,508,300$66,508,300
Wheeler, Blake $8,250,000$8,250,000 RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $89,982,750$89,982,750	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $66,746,200$66,746,200
Klingberg, John $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $90,271,500$90,271,500	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $68,088,200$68,088,200
Doughty, Drew $11,000,000$11,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 5	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $92,094,750$92,094,750	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $68,088,200$68,088,200
Karlsson, Erik $10,000,000$10,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 5	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $92,094,750$92,094,750	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $68,088,200$68,088,200
Suzuki, Nick $7,875,000$7,875,000 C UFA - 8	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $92,094,750$92,094,750	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $68,521,300$68,521,300
Tkachuk, Brady $8,205,714$8,205,714 LW UFA - 6	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $92,672,250$92,672,250	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $68,649,400$68,649,400
Matthews, Auston $11,640,250$11,640,250 C UFA - 2	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $92,845,500$92,845,500	ADJUSTED, SALARY FLOOR $68,649,400$68,649,400
	ADJUSTED, SALARY CAP $92,845,500$92,845,500

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender

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FORWARDS (97)
Right Wing: SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($61,000,000) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($61,018,300) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($61,122,000) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($61,122,000) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($61,152,500) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($61,201,300) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($63,293,600) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($63,366,800) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($63,476,600) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($63,488,800) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($63,635,200) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($63,818,200) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($63,824,300) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($63,952,400) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($64,111,000) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($64,513,600) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($65,276,100) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($65,276,100) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($65,495,700) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($65,495,700) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($65,501,800) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($66,105,700) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($66,374,100) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($66,502,200) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($66,508,300) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($66,746,200) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($68,088,200) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($68,088,200) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($68,088,200) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($68,521,300) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($68,649,400) - SALARY FLOOR ADJUSTED ($68,649,400)
Centre: SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($82,500,000) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($82,524,750) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($82,665,000) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($82,665,000) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($82,706,250) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($82,772,250) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($85,602,000) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($85,701,000) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($85,849,500) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($85,866,000) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($86,064,000) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($86,311,500) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($86,319,750) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($86,493,000) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($86,707,500) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($87,252,000) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($88,283,250) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($88,283,250) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($88,588,500) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($88,588,500) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($88,596,750) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($89,405,250) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($89,768,250) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($89,974,500) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($89,982,750) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($90,271,500) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($92,094,750) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($92,094,750) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($92,094,750) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($92,672,250) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($92,845,500) - SALARY CAP ADJUSTED ($92,845,500)
Left Wing: Roman Josi ($9,059,000) - Tyler Seguin ($9,850,000) - Nikita Kucherov ($9,500,000) - Aleksander Barkov ($10,000,000) - Jack Eichel ($10,000,000) - André Burakovsky ($5,500,000) - Mikko Rantanen ($9,250,000) - Clayton Keller ($7,150,000) - Charlie McAvoy ($9,500,000) - Patrick Kane ($2,625,000) - Dylan Larkin ($6,100,000) - Sidney Crosby ($8,700,000) - Sebastian Aho ($8,460,250) - Alex Ovechkin ($9,500,000) - Ryan O'Reilly ($1,875,000) - Johnny Gaudreau ($9,750,000) - Sean Monahan ($6,375,000) - Connor McDavid ($12,500,000) - Mathew Barzal ($7,000,000) - Jeff Skinner ($9,000,000) - Artemi Panarin ($11,642,857) - Kirill Kaprizov ($9,000,000) - Quinn Hughes ($7,850,000) - Dougie Hamilton ($9,000,000) - Sean Couturier ($7,750,000) - Blake Wheeler ($8,250,000) - John Klingberg ($3,500,000) - Drew Doughty ($11,000,000) - Erik Karlsson ($10,000,000) - Nick Suzuki ($7,875,000) - Brady Tkachuk ($8,205,714) - Auston Matthews ($11,640,250)

DEFENSE (6)
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GOALTENDER (2)

DETAILS
Roster Size: 96
Salary Cap: $999,999,999
Cap Hit: $5,145,260,771
Cap Space: -$4,145,260,772

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Aug. 14, 2022 at 6:32 p.m.

NJDevils1317

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Are you also accounting for the fact teams in Canada pay American dollars but cost of living is with Canadian dollars?

Aug. 14, 2022 at 6:49 p.m.

Ernie

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You could also look at the team pays the sum of taxes based on the cap hit. The players pays the lowest tax state percentage to the team
That way the team takes the hit on taxes instead of the player
Toronto collects the taxes from the players based on Nashville tax collection bracket but pays the provincial taxes on that amount to the government.

Aug. 14, 2022 at 6:51 p.m.

IconicHawk

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I mean there’s always the option to not live in the city of the team you play for

Aug. 14, 2022 at 6:53 p.m.

Cardiac

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Quoting: NJDevils1317

Are you also accounting for the fact teams in Canada pay American dollars but cost of living is with Canadian dollars?

That is a non factor here. This is solely based on income tax. It is also a double edged sword with cost of living as the Canadian dollar fluctuates in comparison to the American dollar. There are points where the Canadian dollar is .7 the American dollar which is great for the players but when it’s .83 the American dollar, it is worse for the player. It’s a factor for sure but not for this argument as it’s how much the player nets.

Aug. 14, 2022 at 7:02 p.m.

Cardiac

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Quoting: IconicHawk

I mean there’s always the option to not live in the city of the team you play for

Ok? You would have to live in a different state or province to see that real difference in income tax most of the time. The calculator cap friendly has is based on living outside of the city for the cities where it is common for the players to live outside. It says in the description:

“ Residents:
All players are assumed to be residents of their local region
Washington: The majority of Capitals players reside in Virginia (where the practice facility is located) and are therefore considered Virginia residents for state and city taxes
Philadephia: The majority of Flyers players reside in New Jersey (where the practice facility is located) and are therefore considered New Jersey residents for state taxes
New York Islanders: The Islanders practice on Long Island. The players do not live in New York City and therefore are not subject to the NYC city tax rate
New York Rangers: The majority of Rangers players live outside of New York City and therefore by default we do not incorporate the NYC city tax rate”

Sure you could live outside but this calculator is based on the majority.

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