And the NHLPA wonders

Why they're having problems. 268%???? He took them to the finals, but didn't get the cup. Maybe if he strings together a few consistent years... but not one year. I mean... check out Weekes.

Calgary goaltender Kiprusoff, who earned $800,000 US last season in backstopping the Flames to their first playoff appearance in eight years and a berth in the Stanley Cup final, got a one-year salary arbitration award of $2.95 million US Monday.
It's a pay increase of 268 per cent.
Kiprusoff, 27, was 24-10-4 during the regular season and 15-11 in the post-season.
``Miikka, as a lot of good players do, invested his soul into last season and wanted to be rewarded for his performance,'' his agent Mike Liut told the Globe and Mail.
GM-coach Darryl Sutter acquired the six-foot Finn from the San Jose Sharks last year for a draft pick. It was the best deal he ever made.
Kiprusoff was the 116th player drafted in 1995 and didn't move to North America to ply his trade until 1999. He had the majority of his starts the first two years with AHL clubs.
His future didn't look bright after 2002-2003, when he was 5-14 in NHL starts for the Sharks, who favoured 2001 league rookie of the year Nabokov. They rued the day they sent Kipruosff to Calgary after he helped the Flames eliminate the Sharks in the Western Conference final in May.
The Flames subsequently lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Stanley Cup final.
Kiprusoff's award completed the summer's arbitration process.
``Arbitration is never an easy matter for the club or the player,'' Liut said. ``For the player to have your season or career picked apart is not pleasant.
``But the objective is to come to an agreement over what the player is worth. It's part of the process, so you go through with it. You live with it.''

 

If a player performs or shows potential to perform, he should be payed for it. I dont understand why teams are criticized for putting out money to win. I guess this is what happens when you follow a team like the Canes that hold on to the belief that teams just somehow improve and make the playoffs without making any personel changes. Many fans are upset with teams that arent willing to put forth the $$$ needed to compete, Canes fans just get upset about teams that are committed to winning.

 

well on one end of the spectrum you have the Rangers and at the other... Tampa

 

Fixed that for you.