It is fine what you say. But you need to take into account the taxes in Sweden as well because the players care about net salaries. From that point of view, SHL will always lose to KHL & NL. If SHL wants to overcome their European rivals, SHL needs to increase their payroll budget significantly. Even $10 million is not enough.
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@Exarz
I can not agree with you in regards to the KHL salary cap. You showed your misunderstanding of the KHL rules while saying "meanwhile KHL will be capped at $13 million/season" This ₽900 million ($13 million) is the ceiling for BASIC salaries
without bonuses. The club can use another ₽360 million ($5 million) for bonuses, this sum is not counted in cap formula. And believe me, the richest clubs try to pay the maximum. So, you have around $18 million for players´ payrolls. Plus, there are other exemptions from the cap like U21 players salaries & bonuses not counting in cap formula, other bonuses for being the best in your position in league and team´s bonuses for reaching the conference final & championship - this kind of bonus in UNLIMITED. So, easily you are at $20-25 million. Definitelly not $13 million as you said.
The KHL will increase the salary floor, so payroll minimum, to ₽450 million ($6 million) for basic salaries. You need to add bonuses, so at least $1 million. Summary, you have around $7 million for the poorest clubs. So, according to your previous statement, the poorest KHL clubs should be at the similar level of the richest SHL clubs. And, we have to take your taxes into account. I do not see the SHL as a winner.