Nashville is in the state of Tennessee, which doesn't levy a state income tax. What this does is essentially allow players to get a bigger paycheck as the government takes less from them in taxes. Other teams that get to take advantage of this are the Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Vegas Golden Knights, Dallas Stars, and Seattle Kraken.
Trotz was interviewed on TSN's Overdrive, admitting the advantage that he has over other teams and how it affects the salary cap.
Nashville's tax free advantage was seen in full force this summer as they signed some major key players such as Steven Stamkos, Jonathan Marchessault and Brady Skjei. Many experts felt the Predators won free agent frenzy day. Players love knowing they won't get their salaries taxed in Nashville.
One needs to look no further than the most recent Stanley Cup champions, and how they are teams housed in tax-free states. The Panthers in 2024, the Golden Knights in 2023 and the Lightning in 2021 and 2020. Unfortunately for Canadian teams who have the highest income taxes in North America, if not the world, they have not won a Cup in over 30 years!
Credit Blade of Steel:
Nashville GM Admits What Fans Already Know The Salary Cap Isn't Equal For All
POLL | ||
JUILLET 13 | 343 ANSWERS Nashville Predators GM Barry Trotz exposes Gary Bettman's lies Should Gary Bettman change the salary cap rules to make it fair for all 32 teams? | ||
Yes | 301 | 87.8 % |
No | 42 | 12.2 % |
LIST OF POLLS |
G | A | PTS | ||
Reilly Smith | 1 | - | 1 | |
K'Andre Miller | - | 1 | 1 | |
Mika Zibanejad | - | 1 | 1 | |
Matthew Beniers | - | - | - | |
Oliver Bjorkstrand | - | - | - | |
William Borgen | - | - | - | |
Andre Burakovsky | - | - | - | |
Sam Carrick | - | - | - | |
Filip Chytil | - | - | - | |
Will Cuylle | - | - | - | |
Vince Dunn | - | - | - | |
Adam Edstrom | - | - | - | |
Ryker Evans | - | - | - | |
Adam Fox | - | - | - | |
Yanni Gourde | - | - | - | |
Philipp Grubauer | - | - | - | |
Zachary Jones | - | - | - | |
Kaapo Kakko | - | - | - | |
Tye Kartye | - | - | - | |
Chris Kreider | - | - | - | |
Complete stats |
STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Capitals | 27 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 40 | |
Wild | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 40 | |
Jets | 28 | 20 | 8 | - | 40 | |
Golden Knights | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 39 | |
Devils | 29 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 38 | |
Panthers | 28 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 36 | |
Hurricanes | 27 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 35 | |
Kings | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 35 | |
Maple Leafs | 27 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 34 | |
Bruins | 29 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 33 | |
Conference | Cumulative |