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Well there are other teams that are 'buying a championship" in both those situations. Yankees haven't had the highest payroll for the last few years. Before the cap, we were often outspent: A random year chosen for an example 02-03: by the Blues, Stars, Rangers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_team_payrolls_in_the_NHL#New_Jersey_Devils Without a cap, the winners are pretty much limited to the few big spenders. The top few have a relatively even playing field and then other factors come into play.

The only thing I'd change is having some kind of break towards the cap for home grown talent. Parity is nice and all, but it is kind of a bummer when teams who draft and developed well are punished because of the cap. The cap should prevent teams from buying championships. Not force them to lose homegrown talent.

I cant speak for anyone else, but I'm not losing any sleep at the thought of Chicago being brought down a peg. I'm sick and tired of seeing them in the finals. This is a perfect example of why cap management is so important in today's NHL. Being reckless now can screw you later.

Those saying that the travel is no big deal are clearly those who haven't had to travel.

Mule shouldn't retire, but probably should LTIRetire.

If *cough* Franzen retires *cough* then we get stuck with *cough* a very large cap recapture penalty. *cough* *cough*So *cough* that's a terrible *cough* idea.*cough *