I know we at the Scores Report don’t do a ton of puck-talk (or any at all for that matter), but I had to chuckle when I saw that the New York Rangers doled out $4.25 million to retain goalie Henrik Lundqvist.
Just like baseball, hockey has always been about teams that spend, and teams that don’t. Teams like the Rangers and Red Wings would go out and spend butt loads of money for free agents every offseason, while organizations like the Penguins, Oilers and Lightening tucked away their cash like parents saving for a child’s college fund. Part of the reason for the 2005 lockout was so that a salary cap could be put into place and it could even out the spending.
Well, here we are just two offseasons later, and in efforts to save space – there are still teams that spend, and teams that don’t. The Lundqvist deal – although well deserved for Henrik – proves what I’m talking about. I would love to see a cap in MLB, but something tells me the Yankees and Red Sox would still push the spending, while the Pirates, Marlins and Devil Rays sit on their ass and do nothing.
