rwilson99
Registered User
Could the Cap Go Up?
I'm beginning to think this could be the case more and more though...
There's a lot of pent up demand in traditional hockey markets and there is a good arguement that revenues will dramatically increase in the following markets...
Tampa Bay (Cup)
Calgary (Cup Final)
Pittsburgh (Crosby)
Nashville (Nice Playoff run & key FA signings)
Phoenix (Gretzky behind the bench)
Chicago (They signed some players and should at least out draw the Wolves this year)
Los Angeles (Roenick's mouth should will a few thousand extra fans every game)
In addition jersey sales should be through the roof this year with all the FA signings.
The current cap has a built in 20% drop in revenue from 2.1B to 1.7B, and the PA found an additional 100M in revenue during negotiations and thier is an 50M from the TV contract that was unexpected.
The following teams should have modest increases
Philadelpia
Colorado
Detroit
Toronto
Montreal
Vancouver
Ottawa
These teams should be in the position to at least hold steady
Minnesota
Columbus
Dallas
San Jose
Edmonton
Boston
NYR
St. Louis
New Jersey
Anaheim
Teams with negative revenues should be limited too
Florida
Carolina
Atlanta*
Washington
Buffalo
NYI
*Atlanta could be a team on the plus side with some resignings and a playoff run.
Your thoughts and the obligatory poll question.
I'm beginning to think this could be the case more and more though...
There's a lot of pent up demand in traditional hockey markets and there is a good arguement that revenues will dramatically increase in the following markets...
Tampa Bay (Cup)
Calgary (Cup Final)
Pittsburgh (Crosby)
Nashville (Nice Playoff run & key FA signings)
Phoenix (Gretzky behind the bench)
Chicago (They signed some players and should at least out draw the Wolves this year)
Los Angeles (Roenick's mouth should will a few thousand extra fans every game)
In addition jersey sales should be through the roof this year with all the FA signings.
The current cap has a built in 20% drop in revenue from 2.1B to 1.7B, and the PA found an additional 100M in revenue during negotiations and thier is an 50M from the TV contract that was unexpected.
The following teams should have modest increases
Philadelpia
Colorado
Detroit
Toronto
Montreal
Vancouver
Ottawa
These teams should be in the position to at least hold steady
Minnesota
Columbus
Dallas
San Jose
Edmonton
Boston
NYR
St. Louis
New Jersey
Anaheim
Teams with negative revenues should be limited too
Florida
Carolina
Atlanta*
Washington
Buffalo
NYI
*Atlanta could be a team on the plus side with some resignings and a playoff run.
Your thoughts and the obligatory poll question.