By the way, I did some quick analysis on what impact the Vegas Knights will have on the cap. Had to use rough numbers, but they would be generally applicable.
Based largely on the fact that TV revenues wouldn't change much (they might have a small local deal, but the national deal would be unchanged), the impact of an additional team (also assuming average gates - which I think is optimistic, and above average merchandise) would be roughly:
- $1M
Then factor in the Canadian dollar weakness, and it is reasonable to suggest that the cap could be largely unchanged for the next 2 or 3 years.
Shooting the wad on a big contract for Gaudreau, based on inflation, would be suicide.
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