2018-19 FNHL Minimum Skater Salary: $0.6m

[PsychoticPondGoons]

With 24hrs to vote the current score is

24 teams YES - agree to increase min salary from 0.2 to 0.6m for 2018-19
4 teams NO - want to keep/maintain the original 2010-11 FNHL min salary of 0.2m

Update with less than 24hrs til closing

With 24hrs to vote the current score is

25 teams YES - agree to increase min salary from 0.2 to 0.6m for 2018-19
4 teams NO - want to keep/maintain the original 2010-11 FNHL min salary of 0.2m
2 team have yet to vote!

[PsychoticPondGoons]

Inflation.
Greedy fantasy players.
Overly wealthy but competitive FNHL owners.

All of the above have contributed to the increase in the league's minimum salary for skaters starting in 2018-19. All new minimum salaries signed for 2018-19 will reflect this and everyone with a $0.2m salary if not extended will be grandfathered as $0.2m.


NOTE: This decision has been undertaken after a lot of discussion with PR in the backroom with we keep the ice cold beer and other fun things to keep commissioners amused.

With 24hrs to vote the current score is

24 teams YES - agree to increase min salary from 0.2 to 0.6m for 2018-19
4 teams NO - want to keep/maintain the original 2010-11 FNHL min salary of 0.2m

[PsychoticPondGoons]

Both my Pens and Stars have 8 players each making less than $0.6m ... seems like a high number, but not sure.

Either way, I voted yes because it gets us closer to the NHL league minimum, which to me makes sense, as our salary cap ceiling follows that of the NHL. And yes, I realize we can't completely mimic the NHL ... this is a fantasy league after all ... but this seems to fit.

I'm glad we had the opportunity to vote as well. Thanks!

Taking it like a man! Good feedback man.

[EndGame]

Agree with what MCrow said.

It's good to have the opportunity to vote on a change that impacts cap in a cap league. I also voted Yes given how the 0.2m min salary seemed low given the league's MO to mirror all things good about the NHL.

[mcrow]

Both my Pens and Stars have 8 players each making less than $0.6m ... seems like a high number, but not sure.

Either way, I voted yes because it gets us closer to the NHL league minimum, which to me makes sense, as our salary cap ceiling follows that of the NHL. And yes, I realize we can't completely mimic the NHL ... this is a fantasy league after all ... but this seems to fit.

I'm glad we had the opportunity to vote as well. Thanks!

[Mordecai]

Habs have 3 min wage players this year.

Not going to be a big dent to our wallet afterall even beyond this season. That's good news in Montreal.

[PsychoticPondGoons]

Owners can vote. Majority rules. Voting open 14 days. Each team counts for 1 vote. If you own more than 1 team, then you have more say.

Update on voting after 3 days:

4 NOs - leave min. salary at 0.2m (since 2010)
18 YES - understand necessary update of min. salary 0.6m (starting 2018-19)

15 owners or 22 teams have voted.
9 more teams have yet to vote.
This factors in owners with multiple teams voting the same for all their teams.

Voting will remain open for 11 more days so get your votes in and have a say!

[dickiedunn]

My Chicago Blackhawks currently have 5 players with the league minimum contract:

Jay Beagle, $0.2m (2016-2018)
Gabriel Dumont, $0.2m (2016-2018)
Tyler Ennis, $0.2m (2017-2019)
Matt Bartkowski, $0.2m (2016-2018)
Josh Manson, $0.2m (2016-2018)

Most will earn extensions well over that amount.

As for finding and signing Free Agent prospects, the cost of $0.2 Million vs $0.6m seems insignificant. Of course, if a team were to buy out said player, the residual cost would be a small but more noticeable cost to carry at which point a team would be wise to trade said play or sign Free Agents more carefully which I believe is part of the goal of this exercise.

- DD

[EndGame]

For what it's worth, here's my 2 cents as a relative new comer to this great league.

As PPG calculated, if on average only 5 players per team would be impacted by this minimum salary increase and the real cap cost is less than $2m it seems more than fair to allow the commissioners to go ahead as planned if it is to reflect the true low end of the salary spectrum.

Of course we can say if there's such a nominal impact then why make the change? Well, I don't run the league and I suppose we can have a free for all with no rules, but what fun would that be (tongue in cheek comment).

Also, someone mentioned the increase would hurt league activity. IMHO, this proposed change would do nothing to change my activity level or that of other owners as I've noticed many fantasy owners here are more than willing and ready to make moves regularly. It's what makes this league great and this change will be but an administrative change.

Ottawa Senators Owner

[blkhwkfn]

this is the countering move to catchup with growing cap ceiling. Min salary has never been touched since the league was created in 2010.

short ans, no.

This is a non issue as I see it. Game On