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Originally Posted by GioforPM
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.
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I don't think the expansion fees factor into HRR.
Do you really think future TV deals are going to be significantly higher? Early returns on the Rogers deal are that it doesn't look so hot for them. MLS is only going to continue to grow in popularity and there's only so much disposable income to go around (and only so much time to watch time to watch sports on tv).
I think there's a very good chance we will be talking about the NHL as a distant 5th in the big 5 within 20 years.