There are a lot of things happening right now as the National Hockey League ponders what the near future will look like. At the very least, it seems probable that we’ll see a playoffs of some kind in empty arenas and then the 2020-21 season will begin.. .at some point, probably with some manner of distancing mechanisms reducing arena capacity to some extent.
This all begs the question: what’s the actual impact of these measures on teams themselves? The short answer? The salary cap.
An aside, about TV revenues
The NHL has two big TV deals: one with Sportsnet and one with NBC Universal.