This is a rumor of what the cap could look like in the next five years. Wow.
We'll see deals like Holik's come to surface again. What do you think about all of this?
From a business perspective. This seems all good.
I have no problem with this… but
Where does the HRR (hockey related revenue) come from?
Mostly TV deals? If the TV deals pay each team an extra 50Million in gross profit, then players asking for 25Mil of that is just fine to me.
If these include increases in ticket prices that are 2-3x inflation… then I would speculate that the estimations are off.
If more money is made by the league without making ticket prices insane. I am ok with it. The people playing the salaries would mostly be general electric, budweiser, Labatts, etc etc for advertising.
Remember, if you have a BAD year in HRR. THe cap goes DOWN. This is just business.
Long term deals in an inflationary period are good. For the most part, long deals like Zetterbergs/Franzens may be even stronger, under such a period