NHL Deputy Commissioner Downplays The Great State Income Tax Debate

NHL Deputy Commissioner Downplays The Great State Income Tax Debate

The NHL and the NHLPA are getting to work on a new collective bargaining agreement, and at the moment, there don't seem to be too many, if any, sticking points that could result in the league's fourth lockout in the last 35 years.However, one topic that has gotten a lot of attention over the last few seasons, and is a big talking point now as the sixth-straight Stanley Cup Final featuring a team from Florida has just gotten underway, is the perc…

NHL, NHLPA downplay concerns about state income tax

EDMONTON — The state-tax issue is a non-issue, according to the NHL power brokers currently in the thick of hammering out a new collective bargaining agreement between the league’s owners and players. “Certainly, it’s an issue that some of our franchises have raised as a concern,” NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Wednesday evening in Edmonton, before the opening of the sixth consecutive Stanley Cup final to feature a team from a no-tax sta…

No State Tax is Why the Florida Panthers Are Succeeding? Not Exactly, GM Says

There has been a lot of talk in hockey circles recently how a select group of teams possibly have an upper hand in the NHL because they play in states without an income tax.