Connor McDavid's next team...

[MattPie]

21 hours ago, Curt said:

Players themselves have come out and said that the tax differences between certain situations can result in a savings of nearly 500k on a large contract ($5M+).  It’s not an insignificant difference to the players.

I'm sure *some* players care about that 10%. Me? I'm taking $4.5M to play where I want over $5M every time single time. I seriously doubt I'm the only person that thinks this way.

FWIW, I moved from PA (moderate taxes) to NY (higher taxes) two years ago specifically to live in Ithaca. The tax implications were an afterthought (at  best).

[steveoath]

I hope McDavid doesn’t extend with the oilers. If only to witness the panic that ensues him making the announcement 

[Sabres Fan in NS]

Edmonton.

[Kristian]

On 7/18/2023 at 11:24 PM, PASabreFan said:

Possibly. I do recall, though, seeing him phone it in... while on the ice!

Certainly was a thing of beauty to see the Sabres tearing up the league, the moment he left.

[Curt]

3 hours ago, MattPie said:

I'm sure *some* players care about that 10%. Me? I'm taking $4.5M to play where I want over $5M every time single time. I seriously doubt I'm the only person that thinks this way.

FWIW, I moved from PA (moderate taxes) to NY (higher taxes) two years ago specifically to live in Ithaca. The tax implications were an afterthought (at  best).

It’s not really 10% though, because a guy making $5M doesn’t take home $5M.  He takes home like $3M, and maybe $3.5M in a tax friendly state.  So maybe more like 15%.

But anyway, yeah, there are lots of different reasons that people take jobs.  An NHL job is not quite the same as your job though.  Not all 10%’s are created equal.  A 10% that is $500k is much different from a 10% that is 10k.  Yeah sure, they are both 10% but you can do a lot more with 500k than you can with 10k.  Or over a 5 year contract, big difference between $2.5M and $50k.