Discussion: Minimum Salary (Increase from $0.2m)

[PigsRule]

I'd like to start the discussion on increasing the minimum contract value in Franchise NHL from $0.2m to either $0.6m or $0.7m.


In the NHL the minimum salary this yr appears to be $0.6m if you check on Capgeek.com.
FNHL is in it's 4th yr and the minimum has never changed.
If we move ahead with an increase, then it could be implemented starting September 2014.

Thoughts, comments, push-back?

Let's hear it from the league's owners.

[PigsRule]

Increasing the minimum salary will also put interesting pressure on teams to manage their team's budget as having 0.2m contracts is a little too easy in my view.

I'm more inclined to increase to 0.7m that way we won't need to address this matter for another 4-5yrs.

[jackdaniels]

0.2 is a little low.
I'm OK with an increase but prefer 0.6

[papps]

I don't know if I'm too big on increasing the minimum base.  If we do decide to do it though maybe its best to just use 500k increments for contracts with the minimum being 500k.

[ripper]

I am ok with 500K, I like that it's an easy number.

[izaman3]

I'm against increasing the minimum salary. I'm against it for a couple main reasons. We have a 30 man roster instead of 23 man roster, yet we have the same cap as the NHL with 7 more roster spots to fill. Some teams have trouble adhering to the cap and they have less spaces to fill. Also our minor league setup is causing me not to like this idea. They are players that reach 40 games and are yet to be full-time NHL players, but once they reach 40 games its sign them or lose them. To raise the minimum contract cost would increase the cost of working/waiting on project players.

If players are getting signed to a mimimum contract during FA, then it means 29 other teams are letting a player go for such a low cost, so you can bid to win the player or just to increase the cost of the contract. If a GM is able to sign a surprise gem at a league minimum 0.2m, kudos to them. They get a valuable asset at a cheap cost, and it helps speed up rebuilds for dedicated GMs in my opinion. These low cost signings can be used to trade to a team that needs to shed cap.

[hockeyfreak47]

If players are getting signed to a mimimum contract during FA, then it means 29 other teams are letting a player go for such a low cost, so you can bid to win the player or just to increase the cost of the contract. If a GM is able to sign a surprise gem at a league minimum 0.2m, kudos to them. They get a valuable asset at a cheap cost, and it helps speed up rebuilds for dedicated GMs in my opinion. These low cost signings can be used to trade to a team that needs to shed cap.

   That is exactly my take on this .

Maybe we could do 1 year contract only for 200k , 300k and 400k  to start the 2 years contract at 500k ?

[thunderblade]

What happens to the existing 200K contracts that will still be valid next year? They automatically get increased? 

[PigsRule]

What happens to the existing 200K contracts that will still be valid next year? They automatically get increased? 

the idea would be to grandfather all existing 0.2m contracts which would likely expire end of ext season and all new contracts signed for the minimum would be the new value starting next september... however i see a valid point from Izaman and HF47.

[PigsRule]

I'm against increasing the minimum salary. I'm against it for a couple main reasons. We have a 30 man roster instead of 23 man roster, yet we have the same cap as the NHL with 7 more roster spots to fill. Some teams have trouble adhering to the cap and they have less spaces to fill. Also our minor league setup is causing me not to like this idea. They are players that reach 40 games and are yet to be full-time NHL players, but once they reach 40 games its sign them or lose them. To raise the minimum contract cost would increase the cost of working/waiting on project players.

If players are getting signed to a mimimum contract during FA, then it means 29 other teams are letting a player go for such a low cost, so you can bid to win the player or just to increase the cost of the contract. If a GM is able to sign a surprise gem at a league minimum 0.2m, kudos to them. They get a valuable asset at a cheap cost, and it helps speed up rebuilds for dedicated GMs in my opinion. These low cost signings can be used to trade to a team that needs to shed cap.

That's a valid point RE those who spec on FA prospects and hold them for a season or three should get a break. Also a good point about 23 vs 30 roster spots.