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Originally Posted by anyonebutedmonton
Agreed that success in these markets means revenue is up, but I think you have to factor in that these two teams also increase the denominator used to calculate the salary cap per team. Could be wrong, but I think it would only be a net addition if the two new teams were above the midline as far as revenue (which is likely true, given their success).
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It’s 50/50 of all HRR - expand that by two cites worth of teams, it’s not like interest fluctuates that drastically in your other established markets. Even Arizona playing in a College rink probably isn’t hurting them too much since 3000 people paying full pop for NHL hockey is probably better than that market usually gets.
82 extra sold out games + tv number boosts etc + the interest in NHL hockey isn’t declining.
Barring another global pandemic that results in 18 months worth of games being played in front of no people, I don’t see what causes the cap to go down anytime soon.