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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Is this a serious question?
As for the impact of the low dollar, I would imagine that CAD revenues account for more than a third of league-wide revenues, which would mean a reduction of about 6–7% on the whole. I don't think it will have a dramatic effect on the cap for next season—at most, it may drop by 3–5%.
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This is pretty significant I'd say, considering that many teams model in a slight increase in the cap every year in their long term planning. And the drop in CAD certainly does have an obvious impact on the Flames as Ricardo points out, revenues are in CAD and payroll is in USD. This has a significant detrimental impact on their bottom line. Though I agree that it's silly to wonder whether it will impact the Flames ownership group as to whether they'll spend to the cap - they will and they've given the green light over and over to do so, regardless of business conditions.