The money is in the system so the money gets spent. In other words, restraint in one area gave way to a lack of discipline in another. When more than $600 million gets spent on NHL free agents in a day and the league’s balance of power remains basically unchanged, there is no great moral to the story, no compelling lesson of hockey economics. Still, there was plenty of conversation created, and certainly hope was generated in markets that badly needed it: Steven Stamkos would have been the exception, but he decided he loved Tampa too much to even let any other team bid.

Source: thestar July 03, 2016 20:04 UTC