You want NHL rules for the elite series
Enjoy yourself – or go play in Sweden!
A heated controversy erupted in Norwegian ice hockey.
– Right now clubs are killing each other, says Storhamar president Njål Berge.
In the NHL, there has long been a salary cap, and the league recently announced that teams may cost no more than $83.5 million next season.
Storhamar Dragons president Njål Berge believes that Norway (!) Should follow the North American Hockey League.
You want a salary cap
Berg says he “has a stomach ache every single day.”
– I think you can set a salary cap for players. Should be a reasonable salary. Let’s say NOK 600,000 per year. Those who are not satisfied with this can play in Sweden, Berg tells nitten.no.
He calls it an “extreme sport” to run a hockey club in Eliteserien and the Storhamar Dragons are said to have lost five million backs in the past year.
– Now the sticks kill each other. Berg says clubs are afraid of not competing.
“Can’t compare”
Not all Norwegian hockey files like Njål Berge’s suggestion. At least not Erik Follestad, who is a TV2 expert and arguably the “Norwegian Niklas Wikegård”.
– I don’t understand that the club that was involved in the Norwegian hockey salary increase believes that a salary cap should be set and that other representatives should decide, says Follestad.
He believes Storhamar has “threw money” at players as recently as this summer.
– They put themselves in a difficult position and started blaming the union and proposing a salary cap. This is not how it works. You can’t compare the salary cap in the NHL to a salary cap of 600,000 per player in Norway, says Follestad.