Overpayment by Tampa. Put in Alex Nylander

Buff says yes please

The tax implications are pretty big. Florida based teams (both Florida and Tampa), along with Nashville, Vegas, Dallas all share the same advantage (no state income tax). So it's more than 41 games a year, depending on the team, it could run from 44-50 games a year of advantage.

The advantage is not Tampa (as an example) vs the rest of the league. It's Tampa vs California based, NY based or Canadian based teams. On a $10mm contract (as a round number to make the math easy), to get the same net payrate, it would need to be $11.3 million in CA, $11.1 million in Canada (plus you have foreign tax payments between the US and Canada), and $10.882 in NY. And that's not including cost of living differences (also doesn't account for marketing opportunities, which a lot of guys bank away).

But, if you look at Tampa vs Detroit, Chicago, Colorado (for examples), $10 million in Tampa equals $10.425 in Detroit, $10.495 in Illinois, and $10.463 in Colorado. While not peanuts, guys are making contract decisions off of a few thousand K (unlike 800k-1.3million). Lifestyle (hockey player lifestyle), schools, family ties, playing styles and chances for success all play into the 500K difference.

If it is your first big contract, or your last contract (and you've got a cup), then it could make a difference. If you've won already, or have had multiple contracts, the other considerations are significantly more important.

In Canada, taxes aren't so much based upon where you earned the money, but what your residence is. Then we get into the issue of whether players pay personal on much of their wages.

I'm not so sure Serg is going to get what people think. He's clearly a quality Dman, but at what point does production take over from draft status? It's a delicate balance. I'm sure he's going to want to get paid, but he really hasn't done much in the NHL. TB is clearly and superstar team...so even when you're talking about his 23 points...how many of them are because he's that good or because his TEAM is that good. If I were TBL...I'd extend him and I think he's a good bridge candidate. I ABSOLUTELY believe he's a good Dman, but put yourself in the to the opposite GM's shoes...are you trading away a serious asset for NHL production or draft position? Tough call IMO. Keep Serg and develop him.

2. NHL .. and all pro sports .. file tax returns in each physical place they play. So Tampa does have a 40 game no state tax advantage but it not that much as morons think here.

False actually. In Canada, American citizens that are on a thing known as a "work visa" actually pay taxes based on their residential address which is in whatever state they reside in in the US. This is because they are not a Canadian citizen and have to return home once the work visa expires. Canada has a treaty signed with the US to allow Americans working in professional sports in Canada to pay different tax rates.

So if you're gonna insult people like you have, you might as well be right about it before you do it.

Ehhhh fact-o schmact-o's as I like to say. Its all about presentation. The facts are just....misleading.

Taxes only matter in US as I said ... morons.. Lol

Disneyland is in CA, Disney World is in Orlando.