Almost Done.. and a look at salaries

Well today's Boston Globe is reporting that the Bruins are close to signing Bergeron. This of course is something that should have been done a long time ago. It will be interesting to see what the kid comes away with, now I am a BIG Bergeron fan, but that said has he proven himself to be worth the 4.5 million they are talking about signing him for? Yes he had a great year last year with 73 points, and he plays with grit. His rookie year consisted of 31 points and he was only 18 years old. If you take a look at other former Bruins who scored 73 points and add the 24% to the salary that the players "rolled back" after the lockout you would be paying 5.58 million a year to guys like Keith Crowder who had 70 points in 84-85; Tom Fergus who had 73 points in 84-85; STEVE KASPER who had 70 points in 87-88; Dmitri Kristich who had 71 points in 88-89; Ken Linesmen who had 81 points in 85-86; Peter McNab who had over 70 points each year from 76-83; Brad Park 79 points in 77-78; Barry Pederson 116 points in 83-84; VLADIMIR RUZICKA who had 75 points in 91-92; and Jozef Stumpel who had 76 points in 96-97.
That said, times have changed since many of these players had there 70 point season, so take out 116K (roughly 2% for each years average cost of living increase) and you get the following salaries:

Keith Crowder 3.2 Million in 1985
Tom Fergus 3.2 Million in 1985
Steve Kasper 3.5 Million in 1988
Dmitri Kristich 3.6 Million in 1989
Ken Linesmen 4.4 Million in 1986
Peter McNab 3.3 Million in 1983
Brad Park 2.3 Million in 1978
Barry Pederson 3.3 Million in 1984
Vladimir Ruzicka 4.42 Million in 1992
Jozef stumpel 4.5 Million in 1997

To put these salaries in perspective, here is some information on Wayne Gretzky’s salaries:

In 1985 Wayne Gretzky’s salary was 850K (Canadian!!!!)
In 1987-1992 Gretzky made 2.0 Million with the Kings.

With that said do you think that the issue with high salaries has been corrected by the salary cap? Nope, it only means that those players at the bottom of the pile are getting even less.

SCARY isn't it!