mikey287 wrote:I don't think so...I'm no economist, but I couldn't see the Upper Limit rising by more than $2 or $3 million, between the American dollar not being so hot, the Canadian dollar will level off (if it hasn't already?) and that alone would chip away significantly at any figure that would be begin to touch $60 million...
The dramatic spikes in the Upper Limit and Midpoint are by device...the initial Upper Limit was underestimated to allow for growth as opposed to having to backtrack and further confuse things...those underestimations are the foundation of the (almost pseudo-) exponential growth of the NHL's salary structure, I think this last spike was the realization of that and it will begin to plateau until the NHL, in and of itself, shows dramatic growth...
Mikey -- The Canadian dollar has already come back down. I was listening to XM 204 last week and Winnipeg came up in discussion. In the end, the broadcasters said that the pipe-dream of bringing a team back to Winnipeg was over because the Canadian dollar has dropped to below the American dollar again.
I'm pretty sure that this should be a good thing for us. We're no longer the team on the cusp of disappearing, we're going to have the revenue stream to keep up with the top teams in the league, we have a GM who has his head on straight and took us to the finals in his third season, and owners who have shown that they are (now) prepared to spend the money to keep this team dominant for years.