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Message: [QUOTE="Cusefan95, post: 5335869, member: 173"] All the comments from the NHL and NHLPA make it sound like the upcoming negotiations should be pretty smooth sailing, with very few big ticket items on the table. Back in the 90s, NHL revenues were getting closer to the NBA - but all kinds of structural issues caused the NHL to fall way behind ($10.9B vs $6.8B). With a larger share of revenues coming from attendance in the NHL, there’s a lot of room to grow other sources (especially TV)… it’d be nice if the narrative switched to “can the NHL catch MLB/NBA?” instead of “Is MLS the 4th major sport now?” (which is an insane narrative; MLS revenues are $2.0B. MLS is to the NHL as the NHL is to the NFL…thinking MLS is close to or surpassing the NHL is bizarre). [/QUOTE]