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Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix
The cap is never going that high unless:
1) A new mega TV deal is signed
2) The US and Canada experience levels of inflation that haven't been seen in decades
JMO obviously but this is a gate driven league and i can't see revenue going up to the point where the cap is $116m, or even close. Maybe if every team had the revenues of the Canadian teams, but there are far too many dud teams out there dragging the overall HRR down.
Also, I'd wager that MSL is going to take a huge chunk out of the NHL over the next few decades as well.
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While pretty good TV deals were made in Canada and the US, there hasn't been significant inflation since 2010. Yet the cap went up $13.6M in only 5 years, with the same "dud" teams as there will be going forward. The US TV deal expires in '21. The Rogers deal expires in '26. I don't know why the price wouldn't go up. Plus there's going to be two or more expansion fees in that time.