Nashville Predators GM Barry Trotz exposes Gary Bettman's lies
Predators GM Barry Trotz has exposed Gary Bettman by stating the salary cap isn't equal for all teams due to different income tax rules in North America.
Nashville is in the state of Tennessee, which doesn't levy a state income tax. What this does is essentially allow players to get a bigger paycheck as the government takes less from them in taxes. Other teams that get to take advantage of this are the Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Vegas Golden Knights, Dallas Stars, and Seattle Kraken.
Trotz was interviewed on TSN's Overdrive, admitting the advantage that he has over other teams and how it affects the salary cap.
Nashville's tax free advantage was seen in full force this summer as they signed some major key players such as Steven Stamkos, Jonathan Marchessault and Brady Skjei. Many experts felt the Predators won free agent frenzy day. Players love knowing they won't get their salaries taxed in Nashville.
One needs to look no further than the most recent Stanley Cup champions, and how they are teams housed in tax-free states. The Panthers in 2024, the Golden Knights in 2023 and the Lightning in 2021 and 2020. Unfortunately for Canadian teams who have the highest income taxes in North America, if not the world, they have not won a Cup in over 30 years!
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Nashville GM Admits What Fans Already Know The Salary Cap Isn't Equal For All
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JUILLET 13 | 343 ANSWERS Nashville Predators GM Barry Trotz exposes Gary Bettman's lies Should Gary Bettman change the salary cap rules to make it fair for all 32 teams? | ||
| Yes | 301 | 87.8 % |
| No | 42 | 12.2 % |
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| Brayden Point | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Brock Nelson | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Bryan Rust | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Pavel Zacha | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Quinn Hughes | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Carter Verhaeghe | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Erik Karlsson | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Elias Lindholm | - | 3 | 3 | |
| David Pastrnak | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Tim Stutzle | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Adam Gaudette | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Dylan Holloway | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Brad Marchand | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Aleksander Barkov | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sam Bennett | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sean Couturier | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Alex DeBrincat | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jack Drury | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cutter Gauthier | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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Jets | 23 | 18 | 5 | - | 36 | |
Hurricanes | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 33 | |
Wild | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 32 | |
Devils | 25 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 32 | |
Capitals | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 31 | |
Golden Knights | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 31 | |
Maple Leafs | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Flames | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 28 | |
Panthers | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 27 | |
Kings | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 27 | |
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