[Aarongavey]

I don't understand why so many Oiler fans think that the salary cap is drastically going to go up. I have read that Vegas will increase the cap (I guess they don't understand that Vegas adds to the denominator as well as the numerator). I have read that they are expecting a big US TV contract (even if that is the case, the new money will not kick in until 2022). The Canadian TV deal does have an escaltor clause, but even that escalator at best adds a little under 1 million a year to the cap (everything else being equal). I just fail to see a world where there are 5 percent increases each year (which would mean on a 75 million dollar cap that league revenue would increase by about 338 million dollars next year. The Rogers contract would contribute about 50 million of that, where does the other 288 million come from?

It seems to me that it is unlikely that the cap goes above 85 to 90 million at any point in time during this deal, he will be getting at least 10 percent of cap in all likelihood for most of this deal. Between him and McDavid it will be between 22-27 percent of the value of the cap for both contracts.

This contract will look very bad if Leon goes below 70 points a season, he needs to be a PPG guy with this contract.